SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Bainbridge Company Gets Grant to Develop New Energy Technology
… [Sen. Patty] Murray on Tuesday inserted a request for $350,000 to support the Olympic College nursing program into pending 2011 appropriations legislation. … If successful, the funding would be used to provide simulators for labs that nursing students will use in their studies.
Kitsap Sun, July 28, 2010
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/27/bainbridge-company-gets-grant-to-develop-new/
WSU researchers to evaluate some Kelso students' college readiness
Starting this summer, a Washington State University study will evaluate Kelso graduates' readiness for college-level math and English. … The WSU study will only examine Kelso students who enroll at Lower Columbia College and Clark College …
The Daily News, July 28, 2010
http://tdn.com/news/local/article_bcbebfac-9a24-11df-bb9f-001cc4c03286.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
College Students Hide Hunger, Homelessness
NPR, July 27, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128778321&ft=1&f=1001
Pell Shortfall Persists
In proposed funding bill for 2011, U.S. Senate panel struggles to find dollars for low-income students.
Inside Higher Ed, July 28, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/07/28/approps
Private Partners
Colleges team with outside developers to finance and fast-track building projects, but ratings agencies say these ventures are a real part of a college's debt picture
Inside Higher Ed, July 28, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/07/28/nacubo
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Gregoire talks budget in Vancouver public forum
… at a public meeting at Clark College, attended by about 400 people, most speakers advocated for preserving state funding, whether for higher education, welfare-to-work programs, school levy equalization or environmental protection.
The Columbian, July 28, 2010
http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jul/27/gregoire-budget-forum/
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