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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
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)
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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