Friday, May 7, 2010

NEWS LINKS | May 7, 2010

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


 

SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

CBC’s jazz choir dominates festival

Tri-City Herald - atomictown, May 7, 2010

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/05/07/1004936/cbcs-jazz-choir-dominates-festival.html

 

Running Start:  High school juniors and seniors attend college tuition-free

Seniors Yatziri “Natalie” Magana and Jorge Moreno are years ahead of their high school peers and closer to achieving their college degrees, thanks to the Running Start program at Columbia Basin College.

Tú Decides, May 7, 2010

[English] http://www.cyberbackups.com/tudecides/issues/Vol4Issue17E.pdf  

[Spanish] http://www.cyberbackups.com/tudecides/issues/Vol4Issue17S.pdf

 

Tuition to rise at Peninsula College, other community colleges

Peninsula Daily News, May 7, 2010

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100507/news/305079987

 

Washington community college tuition to go up 7 percent

The per credit charge at Lower Columbia College in Longview will increase from $81 to about $86, said college spokeswoman Sue Groth.

The Daily News, May 7, 2010

http://www.tdn.com/news/local/article_33f6b78c-593e-11df-8004-001cc4c03286.html

 

Centralia College Students Set to Shell Out More Cash for Classes

KELA AM, May 7, 2010

http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Centralia-College-Students-Set-to-Shell-=1&blockID=230582&feedID=410

 

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

Career-Service Centers Strive to Help the Class of 2010—and 2009, and 2008

Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2, 2010

http://chronicle.com/article/Career-Service-Centers-Strive/65332/?key=SmMlJgNjYCZJbHo3eyNJeydSbyYtdEl8YCROa3IaZ1FR.

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Kaplan University: A For-Profit Take On Education

National Public Radio, May 6, 2010

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126564748

               

FRIDAY LITE NEWS

 

Geologists: 'We May Be Slowly Running Out Of Rocks'

http://www.theonion.com/articles/geologists-we-may-be-slowly-running-out-of-rocks,17341/

 

 


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