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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Bates students organize basketball tournament
Rally around Bates Technical College, the only Pierce County technical college in the tournament, as the team competes with Bellingham Technical College and Lake Washington Technical College. Centell Jackson, the Associated Student Government’s event coordinator, organized the event with the help of the Bates Associated Student Government executive board. … “Four-year colleges and community colleges have sports teams, and I thought this was a great way for technical colleges to get involved in the sports community,” said Jackson, who is also a student in Bates’ marketing and business management program.
The Suburban Times, June 8, 2010
http://www.thesubtimes.com/2010/06/08/bates-students-organize-basketball-tournament/
Foundation strikes up music center campaign
Wenatchee Valley College is just $800,000 away from building its $6.6 million Center for Music and Arts next year. The WVC Foundation released building plans for the new center this morning and officially launched its public fundraising campaign.
Wenatchee World, June 9, 2010
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jun/09/foundation-strikes-up-music-center-campaign/
Aerospace center opens with fanfare, great expectations
… the goal is to put the curriculum online to make lectures available at any time while eventually offering hands-on classes at the center around the clock … Edmonds Community College will operate the center. The Paine Field center has a companion facility in Spokane that will be run in conjunction with Spokane Community College when it opens later this year. ...
The Herald, June 9, 2010
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100609/BIZ/706099956/1005
Now for the next 40 years / After working in the fields most of her life, YVCC graduate looks forward to a career in education
Yakima Herald-Republic, June 9, 2010
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/06/08/now-for-the-next-40-years
Many People Getting Back To Work Via The Classroom
Richard Barrett is one of hundreds of new students at Clark College's brand-new Columbia Technical Center in Vancouver. Since Barrett lost his job at Oregon Steel Mills, he's considered every conceivable opening.
Oregon Public Broadcasting, June 9, 2010
http://news.opb.org/article/7541-many-people-getting-back-work-classroom/
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
For Community-College Students Who Struggle With Arithmetic, Some Solutions
Some get mired in math and never move on. Now several institutions have new strategies to help them succeed and finish their degrees.
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 6, 2010
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OPINION: History for Dollars
As the job market slides, it can be easy for college students picking their majors to forget why humans need the humanities.
New York Times, June 08, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/opinion/08brooks.html?emc=eta1
MY TURN | Is University of Washington Only for the 'Elite'?
Opinion by Cary Bozeman, CEO, Port of Bremerton.
Kitsap Sun, June 9, 2010
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jun/09/my-turn-is-university-of-washington-only-for-the/
Many Young Adults in Poverty Have a College Degree, Report Says
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 9, 2010
http://chronicle.com/article/Many-Young-Adults-in-Poverty/65826/
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Actions show Legislature is less transparent than in previous years
The policy center, a conservative think tank with offices in Olympia and Seattle, has finished its study of the 2010 Legislature and discovered significant abuses:
• Routine canceling of legislative rules requiring five-day notice before holding a hearing on a bill.
• Inadequate notice of the time, room number and subject matter of public hearings.
• Voting on bills the same day details were made available to the public.
• Holding public hearings on bills with no text. Lawmakers foolishly voted for ghost or title only bills without any idea what those bills would eventually say.
The Olympian, June 9, 2010
http://www.theolympian.com/2010/06/09/1265334/actions-show-legislature-is-less.html
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