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BTC receives federal grant to redesign adult basic education program
Bellingham Technical College will redesign its Adult Basic Education program over the next year, thanks to a $350,000 federal grant … from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.
Bellingham Herald, November 20, 2009
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/689/story/1165281.html
Cascadia community is proud of new building
Despite some chilly, wet weather, student Dave Chapman happily threw open a window on an upper floor of the very new three-story, $35.8 million Global Learning and Arts Building on the campus of Cascadia Community College in Bothell.
Bothell Reporter, November 23, 2009
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/lifestyle/71753952.html
Bellevue Men and Walla Walla Women win NWAACC soccer titles
Seattle Examiner, November 23, 2009
Wash. 2-year colleges report record enrollment
Tri-City Herald, November 24, 2009
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1154/story/805235.html
YVCC prof to discuss stint in Afghanistan
Yakima Herald, November 24, 2009
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/23/yvcc-prof-to-discuss-stint-in-afghanistan
CBC observes Native American Heritage Month
Tri-City Herald, November 24, 2009
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/804994.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Is a college degree worth what it costs?
The Oregonian, November 24, 2009
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/11/is_a_college_degree_worth_what.html
Report Highlights Characteristics of Colleges With High Transfer-Success Rates
Chronicle of Higher Education, November 19, 2009
http://chronicle.com/article/Report-Highlights/49210/
Assessing NSSE
The survey of student engagement has been widely embraced as an accountability tool. But it's flawed as a measure of campus learning, Mark Schneider writes, and even weaker when used for comparing colleges.
Inside Higher Ed, November 24, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/11/24/schneider
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