SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
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Big Bend Receives $3.5 million Title V grant
Columbia Basin Herald, September 22, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/TitleV-BBCC
Local winemaking class overflowing in demand
KOMO TV News, September 23, 2009 (South Seattle CC)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/60951197.html
YVCC Sees Record Enrollment
KIMA TV, September 23, 2009
http://www.kimatv.com/news/local/60847502.html
More students, fewer classes, but still a good first day
Wenatchee World, September 23, 2009
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/sep/23/more-students-fewer-classes-but-still-a-good/
Skagit Valley College dedicates new health, science building
Skagit Argus, September 23, 2009
http://www.skagit.edu/imageuploads/file2068.jpg
Secretary Locke announces $4 million grant aimed at creating more Seattle jobs
Northwest Asian Weekly, September 24, 2009 (South Seattle CC)
Wash. college leaders bend ear of federal official
About 60 community college officials and business representatives met with Martha J. Kanter … on the Georgetown Campus of South Seattle Community College. Nearly every Puget Sound area college was represented at the invitation-only discussion.
Associated Press [Seattle PI], September 24, 2009
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_community_colleges.html?source=mypi
LCC training offers a leg up in slumping manufacturing field
Longview Daily News, September 24, 2009
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/09/24/area_news/doc4abac23a3a6d6359913586.txt#blogcomments
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
U.S. community colleges strive to boost study-abroad programs
USA Today, September 23, 2009
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-09-23-community-college-abroad_N.htm
Rebuke for Regents Over Tenure
Kentucky's community-technical college system abused its power in eliminating tenure for new faculty members, state's attorney general says.
Inside Higher Ed, September 24, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/24/kctcs
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