SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges
SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
SBE Names Scholarship Winners
Radio World, August 10, 2010
Finley is a sophomore at Bates Technical College in Tacoma. He is studying broadcast and video production. The recipient of the Robert Greenberg Scholarship ...
http://www.radioworld.com/article/104640
EnviroStar SSCC Auto Collision Program highlighted on radio this week
Westseattleherald.com, August 10, 2010
The South Seattle Community College (SSCC) Auto Collision Program has been certified as an "Envirostar" and will be highlighted on NPR radio during the week ...
Early learning program is a good investment
Longview Daily News, August 10, 2010
The Lower Columbia College Head Start program has earned back-to-back perfect ... Lower Columbia College's Early Head Start program received an $890000 ...
http://tdn.com/news/opinion/article_ba09dec2-a3fc-11df-92ee-001cc4c03286.html
Public Forum on Pacific Islanders in Higher Education August 16
The White Center Blog, August 10, 2010
Coming up August 16, South Seattle Community College is hosting a public forum on mobilizing Pacific Islanders in higher education. ...
McCorkle: Bears-Devils alliance needed
Longview Daily News, August 9, 2010
Having covered the Lower Columbia College baseball team for the last 20 years, I'm used to watching the Devils beat up on their counterparts in the ...
Gates's Millions: Can Big Bucks Turn Students Into Graduates?
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 8, 2010
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says the problem is beyond college access, so it's focusing on programs that develop college-level skills. … Another Gates grantee, Highline Community College, in Washington, created different tracks for students planning to major in math-heavy fields and for all the others. Highline is one of 29 colleges in Washington that got Gates money as part of a $5.3-million grant given to the Washington State Board for Technical and Community Colleges. Highline has been awarded $165,000 total to revamp math, work on an open-courseware project, and expand a successful adult-basic-education program for students in remedial reading.
Budget cuts hit Shoreline CC’s continuing education program
Shoreline Area News, August 6, 2010
In response to state-mandated budget reductions, big changes are coming for the Center for Business and Continuing Education (CBCE) at Shoreline Community College.
New education and training program is a real Plus for boomers
Shoreline Area News, August 6, 2010
It may not be the new 30, but 50 isn’t over the hill, either. Shoreline Community College is launching a new program in the Seattle area aimed at ’boomers who don’t see themselves drifting quietly toward retirement or accepting a layoff, but are still looking to make some noise.
http://www.shorelineareanews.com/2010/08/new-education-and-training-program-is.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
'Gaps Are Not Inevitable'
Inside Higher Ed, August 10, 2010
It's well-established by now that African American and Latino students graduate college at lower rates than do their white and Asian peers, so it follows pretty naturally that many individual colleges would have lower graduation rates for those groups than for white students, too.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/10/gaps
Website sponsors gambling on grades at 36 colleges
The Daily News Online, August 10, 2010
Think you're going to ace freshman year? Want to put money on that?
http://tdn.com/business/article_29b81582-3d17-58d2-b605-4c3410837ee3.html
Bill Gates Predicts Technology Will Make ‘Place-Based’ Colleges Less Important in 5 Years
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 9, 2010
‘Place-based colleges’ are good for parties, but are becoming less crucial for learning thanks to the Internet, said the Microsoft founder Bill Gates at a conference on Friday.
Making Adjuncts Temps -- Literally
Inside Higher Ed, August 9, 2010
Last year, a small community college in Michigan considered a plan to stop employing adjuncts and to have a temporary services agency instead do the formal hiring. The idea was to save the college money and also to save the adjuncts from contributing to a retirement system in which few of them would ever vest.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/09/adjuncts
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
House Passes $26 Billion for Schools and States
The New York Times, August 10, 2010
The House interrupted its summer recess on Tuesday to approve $26 billion in aid to school districts and states to prevent large-scale layoffs of teachers and public employees and to engage in another partisan fight over policy priorities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/us/politics/11cong.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
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