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Financial aid need up 20 percent
Nationwide a growing number of non-traditional students are filling campuses and filling financial aid offices. Ceci Ratliff with Columbia Basin College’s Financial Aid Office says it’s seen a twenty percent increase in the number of students who need financial aid.
KEPR TV, December 17, 2009
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/79582337.html
Enumclaw Rotary Club recognizes local students
Enumclaw Courier-Herald, December 19, 2009 (Green River CC, Yakima Valley CC)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ech/news/79702857.html
Tech is key in economy
Before the economy’s downturn, Big Bend Community College invested in technology to maintain an expected level of service throughout its vast coverage area. … A challenge for the college is establishing a level of service in the outlying areas it can sustain in the current economic times.
Columbia Basin Herald, December 21, 2009
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/12/21/news/doc4b2ff6ae6ff14676952289.txt
Jobless receive retraining boost
Federal stimulus funds underwrite classes at Spokane Community College, with new yearlong programs beginning in January
Spokesman Review, December 22, 2009
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/dec/22/jobless-receive-retraining-boost/?print-friendly
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
How budget cuts short-changed the UW
Crosscut, December 22, 2009
http://crosscut.com/2009/12/22/university-washington/19457/
Opinion: High School’s Last Test
New York Times, December 22, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/opinion/22schramm.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Tuition Tax Off the Table
Inside Higher Ed, December 22, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/12/22/pittsburgh
My Gen X Academic Crowd
Inside Higher Ed, December 22, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/my_gen_x_academic_crowd
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