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Building Effective Green Energy Programs In Community Colleges
Leading community colleges address the challenges of providing education for a nascent green energy industry in the midst of an economic downturn, making the case that community colleges should be substantially involved in training low-income individuals to help them lead self-sustaining lives. South Seattle Community College featured on pp. 10, 11, 14, 15.
Workforce Strategy Center, May 2010
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Scholarships Help Work Around Welfare Limits
Women’s eNews, June 8, 2010 (TANF, Seattle Central CC, Shoreline CC)
http://www.womensenews.org/story/education/100607/scholarships-help-work-around-welfare-limits
Michael Park, the new face of Federal Way?
He knows what it is like to struggle with “no money, no job, no English [speaking skills].” … When Park attended Seattle Central Community College in 1976, the federal government paid for his tuition with a comprehensive employment training act at the time.
Northwest Asian Weekly, June 10, 2010
http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/06/michael-park-the-new-face-of-federal-way/
College avoids layoffs in 2010-11 budget
Classes at Skagit Valley College might be a little snug next year, but at least no programs will be cut or professors forced to leave. The Skagit Valley College Board of Trustees passed a 2010-11 budget Wednesday that included $1.6 million in cuts. The deficit came mostly from state funding cuts.
Skagit Valley Herald, June 11, 2010
http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/college_avoids_layoffs_in_2010_11_budget/
Talking it Over: Everybody wins with new music and arts building
The kickoff meeting this week of the campaign to complete the funding of a new music and arts building at Wenatchee Valley College left us with a sense of urgency.
Wenatchee World, June 11, 2010
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jun/11/talking-it-over-everybody-wins-with-new-music-and/
Aetna Grants $170,000 to Washington Nonprofits in 2009
Seattle Central Community College received a $5,000 grant for their Health Care Summit and Health Fair, which offered information booths, screening and health care presentations to the underserved.
Earth Times, June 11, 2010
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/170000-washington-nonprofits-2009,1341272.shtml
Veterans Struggle To Find Their Place On Campus
Peter Schmidt, a dean at Edmonds Community College and Veterans Administration consultant, says 1 in 5 veterans are coming back with an invisible wound, such as mild traumatic brain injury, PTSD, depression and more. … He says several schools, including Evergreen, Eastern and Central Washington Universities, Clover Park Technical College and Green River, Whatcom and Spokane Community Colleges, have made huge strides.
KPLU NPR FM, June 11, 2010
Economy weighs on South Kitsap grads' college plans
Port Orchard Independent, June 11, 2010 (Olympic College)
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/poi/news/96123799.html
Walla Walla poet wins honor
Four hours spent writing each day for years has paid off for local poet and professor Jennifer Boyden. … who can be found teaching literature and writing at Walla Walla Community College nine months out of the year
Tri-City Herald, June 11, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/06/11/1050197/walla-walla-poet-wins-honor.html
Clark County develops on-the-job weatherization training program
Energy Empowers USDE Newsletter, June 9, 2010 (Clark College)
http://www.energyempowers.gov/post/weatherization-training-washington.aspx
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Census: Multiracial US becoming even more diverse
Tri-City Herald, June 10, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/06/10/1048900/census-multiracial-us-becoming.html
Bad news – and less bad news – for college grads
The News Tribune, June 11, 2010
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/06/11/1221930/bad-news-and-less-bad-news-for.html#user_comments
Another Kind of Academic Career Path
An experienced instructor opens up on how instructor training works at some online, for-profit colleges.
Inside Higher Ed, June 11, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/11/aaup
Taming the Textbook Market
Embracing a new model for publishing academic learning content may help faculty avoid repeating the errors of scholarly journal communication -- and librarians are ready to help …
Inside Higher Ed, June 11, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/06/11/bell
Confessions of a Community College Dean: Pop!
Is there a higher education bubble? I've read several commentaries recently asserting that we're in one. The bill of particulars usually includes some mix of the following …
Inside Higher Ed June 11, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/pop
Become a 'Veteran Friendly' Employer
Many of those leaving military service aren't just ideal students, but are ideal employees for higher ed, writes Trisha Gyurke.
Inside Higher Ed, June 11, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2010/06/11/gyurke
FRIDAY LITE NEWS
What Happens When People Migrate To The Internet? [… or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the LOLCat]
The penetration of the Internet into our lives has sparked fears about privacy, and the perils of having so much information freely available.. Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus, talks to Deborah Amos about what happens when people migrate to the Internet.
NPR, June 11, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127760715
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