Friday, January 29, 2010

NEWS LINKS | Jan. 27-28-29, 2010

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges


 

SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

Cascadia Community College's Christopher to retire in June

Bothell Reporter, January 25, 2010

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/community/82643957.html

 

Shining light into dark corner of human behavior

Cascadia Community College hosts debut of PBS documentary on understanding genocide

Bothell Reporter, January 26, 2010

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/community/82644112.html

 

Highline College Foundation Receives $60,000 Donation To Help Needy Students

Waterland Blog, January 26, 2010

http://www.waterlandblog.com/2010/01/26/highline-college-foundation-receives-60000-donation-to-help-needy-students/

 

The Broadway Building
Seattle Central Community College has a long-term lease on 28 apartments ranging from 400 -- 600 square feet.

Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 26, 2010

http://blog.seattlepi.com/urbnlivn/archives/192326.asp?from=blog_last3

 

Opinion: Two-Year Colleges Can’t Absorb Further Cuts Without Turning Students Away

By Amy Kinsel, Professor of History, Shoreline Community College

Olympia Newswire, January 27, 2010

http://www.olympianews.org/2010/01/27/kinsel/

 

High school seniors get ready for college

KNDU TV, January 27, 2010 (Columbia Basin College)

http://www.kndu.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=4495525&at1=News&h1=High School Seniors get ready for college&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

 

Keeping Larch open is well worth it

Clark College has offered automotive training, adult basic education and high school degree instruction at Larch for years …

The Columbian [op-ed by Tom Koenninger], January 27, 2010

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jan/27/keeping-larch-open-is-well-worth-it/

 

Olympic College, WSU Agree to Partner on Engineering Degree

Kitsap Sun, January 28, 2010
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jan/28/oc-wsu-agree-to-partner-on-engineering-degree/#ixzz0e19By9Je

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

Make ‘Maintenance of Effort’ Permanent

A federal requirement on state spending on higher education radically changed legislators’ behavior -- which is why Congress should adopt the approach in future bills, writes F. King Alexander.

Inside Higher Ed, January 28, 2010

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/01/28/alexander

   

EDITORIAL:  Obama heard the call to focus on the economy

Seattle Times, January 28, 2010

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2010910903_edit28sou.html

 

Editorial: Pass the DREAM Act to give undocumented young people a future

Seattle Times, January 29, 2010

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2010921372_edit29dream.html

 

Report Outlines 'Educational Crisis' for Minority Men

Inside Higher Ed, January 29, 2010

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/27/qt#218571

 

 

POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL

 

BLOG: Lottery tickets for college?

The News Tribune, January 27, 2010

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2010/01/27/lottery-tickets-for-college/

 

Wash. House approves pay freeze for some workers

Seattle PI, January 29, 2010

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_xgr_wage_freeze.html

 

 

FRIDAY LITE NEWS

 

Human "bed-warmers" at Holiday Inn

Yahoo News, January 21, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100121/od_nm/us_hotels_bedwarmers

 

One Way to Get Your College Over Its Financial Hump
A mayor in Turkey says his town will use money raised from the sport of camel wrestling to build a vocational school of higher education.

Chronicle of Higher Education.

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/One-Way-to-Get-Your-College/20914/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

 


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