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The Tiger's Ready to Roar
Tet Festival draws Clark College students including Thien Tran.
The Columbian -- January 31, 2010
http://www.clark.edu/news_events/documents/TetFestivalColumbian01-31-10.pdf
Hopelessly Devoted
Lee Brand, Clark College health and phys ed instructor, interviewed for article on psychology of sports fans.
The Columbian -- January 31, 2010
http://www.clark.edu/news_events/documents/HopelesslyDevotedColumbian01-31-10.pdf
Winter Serenade raises money for [Big Bend Community] College
The fund-raiser benefits technology used by students and keeps the college up to date in technology advances, said college President Bill Bonaudi.
Columbia Basin Herald, February 1, 2010
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/02/01/news/doc4b6763fcf142f878836222.txt
[Portland Trail Blazer Jeff] Pendergraph helps give boost to area students
2010 College Goal Sunday at Clark College
The Columbian, February 2, 2010
http://www.clark.edu/news_events/documents/PendergraphCollegeGoalSundayColumbian02-01-10.pdf
UW tuition debate carries heavy freight
The University of Washington views this year's budget crisis as time to gain greater control over tuition and school finances. But will proposed solutions hurt low-income students at community colleges? …. But one substantial pot of the money for the Husky Promise comes from state need-based grants for poor students. And the higher tuition proposals for the four-year schools have drawn concerns from the community and technical colleges. Suzy Ames, a vice president of Pierce College District operating two community-college campuses, points out that state need grants are tied into tuition at any of the two-year and four-year colleges.
CrossCut, February 2, 2010
http://crosscut.com/2010/02/02/higher-ed/19558/
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Parents, students on edge over soaring tuition
Seattle PI, February 1, 2010
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_us_rising_tuition.html
The Education Exception
It's nice being seen as essential. … Not every higher education-related program would fare well under the budget blueprint; the administration would hold funding for many student aid programs other than Pell Grants at their 2010 levels and eliminate a handful of others; end the Department of Labor's Career Pathways Innovation Fund (a $125 million grant program for community colleges) …
Inside Higher Ed, February 2, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/02/edbudget
Online Cure for the Nursing Crisis
Inside Higher Ed, February 2, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/02/nursing
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