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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Idea of moving Cascadia Community College to Kirkland debated
Seattle Times, February 26, 2010
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011191063_campusfight26m.html
At [Tacoma CC], a master plan for higher education
Tacoma Daily Index, February 26, 2010
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1724222&more=0
Washington’s Supreme Court convenes in Skagit County
Skagit Valley Herald, February 24, 2010
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/washingtons_supreme_court_convenes_in_skagit_county/
Wash. higher ed supporters gather in Olympia
Seattle Times, February 25, 2010
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011189906_apwaxgrhighereducation.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
More high-schoolers reinvent or skip their senior year
USA Today, February 25, 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-02-25-senioryear25foronline_st_N.htm
Tuition benefit cut ‘slap in face’ for military spouses / Defense: Grant program suspended after huge response
The Olympian, February 26, 2010
http://www.theolympian.com/2010/02/26/1152654/tuition-benefit-cut-slap-in-face.html
Early Retirement Incentives
Inside Higher Ed, February 26, 2010
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Op-Ed: Time to Adopt Better System for Funding Higher Education
Olympia NewsWire, February 26, 2010
http://www.olympianews.org/2010/02/26/totorica/
Washington's State Employee Health Care System In Crisis
KUOW NPR, February 26, 2010
http://kuow.org/program.php?id=19556
FRIDAY LITE NEWS
P-Harmony lobbyist matchmaking
Hmmm … a similar service for higher education would be mighty useful. HE-Harmony anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIfnVM4O3js
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