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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Grants aim to increase community-college graduation rates
With the help of $6.1 million from two foundations, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is launching a four-year effort aimed at dramatically increasing the number of students who complete community-college programs. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing $5.3 million of the total, along with $800,000 from the Ford Foundation.
Seattle Times, October 14, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2010058594_webcommunitycolleges14m.html
Washington State CC Initiative Gets $6M Foundation Boost
Inside Higher Ed, October 14, 2009 (story links to Highline CC I-BEST)
A boost for remedial-education program
A grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will expand a model program in Washington State that promotes remedial education to help students get community college degrees.
NPR Marketplace, October 14, 2009 (Lower Columbia College unnamed)
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/14/am-gates-community-colleges/
Paralympian and author will speak at Bates
The News Tribune, October 14, 2009
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/915462.html
Chinese aviation students learn at Clover Park Technical College
The Suburban Times, October 13, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/CPTC-China-Avia
Chinese educators tour CPTC
Business Examiner, October 13, 2009
http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/chinese-educators-tour-cptc/
Clark College professional earns accreditation in public relations
Daily Insider, October 13, 2009
http://www.dailyinsider.info/2009/Tuesday,%20Oct.%2013,%202009.pdf
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Enrollment is up at Washington's public universities
… with most of the increase coming from students who decided to stay in school rather than seek their fortunes elsewhere in a down economy.
Seattle Times, October 14, 2009
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2010058259_enrollment13.html
Fearing for their jobs, state workers seek advice
Some with low seniority worry about being 'bumped.'
The Olympian, October 14, 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/localhighlight/story/1002473.html
Regulation Woes
Online educators convene in Washington DC to discuss ways to avoid having to apply for approval in every state.
Inside Higher Ed, October 14, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/10/14/forum
Marketers can't find 'average American'
NPR Marketplace, October 12, 2009
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/12/pm-average-american/
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
OPINION: Initiative 1033 will extend this recession
If you have kids in community college, you will notice a $200 jump in tuition. Next year you can plan on another $200 increase. If you are at the University of Washington, your tuition has gone up more than $800 this year and will increase even more next year. Of course, you might not even have a tuition problem, because the state has cut back the number of slots available for students in public higher education.
The Herald, October 14, 2009
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091014/OPINION04/710149951
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