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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Small business center hosts ThinkBiz 2010 conference
The Northern Light.com, Aug 12, 2010
Western Washington University's Small Business Development Center (SDBC), Whatcom Community College, along with sponsor Whidbey Island Bank, will host ThinkBiz 2010 – Small Business Conference September 9 and 10 at Whatcom Community College's Heiner Center.
Students Count On MyAccountingLab for Academic Success
PR Web, August 12, 2010
Schools profiled in the report include Carroll Community College; Diablo Valley College; Douglas College; Grant MacEwan University; Metropolitan Community College; Rowan-Cabarrus Community College; Spokane Community College; and the University of Central Florida.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4381574.htm
Gold Park receives Hazel Miller Foundation Grant
Edmonds Beacon, August 12, 2010
The garden, designed by the Edmonds Community College Learn and Serve Environmental Anthropology Field (LEAF) School, will showcase native Northwest plants and their uses in past cultures.
Local Libraries Banding Together for Easier Borrowing
790 KGMI, August 12, 2010
All you need to have is a library card from Bellingham or Whatcom County libraries to borrow materials from local academic libraries, including Bellingham Technical College, Northwest Indian College, Whatcom Community College and Western Washington University.
http://kgmi.com/Local-Libraries-Banding-Together-For-Easier-Borrow/7897378
'Kenneth G. Wise, Mr. West Seattle: 10/31/30-8/1/10′
West Seattle Blog, August 11, 2010
In recent years, he served on the Board of South Seattle Community College. Kenny was also active in the West Seattle Sportsmen's Club and attended this ...
http://westseattleblog.com/2010/08/kenneth-g-wise-mr-west-seattle-103130-8110
Colleges tackle training for growing health IT field
Community College Times, July 30, 2010
Today, Bellevue is one of a select group of community colleges receiving funding as a result of the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which is designed to increase and expand health IT training through 2012.
http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/article.cfm?ArticleId=2858
Cosmos as canvas
Issaquah Press, August 6, 2010
There are several locations, schools and research facilities throughout the state participating in the project, including Liberty High School, where Oswalt first came in contact with the WALTA project as a freshman, and Bellevue College.
http://www.issaquahpress.com/2010/07/06/cosmos-as-canvas/
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Reaching student completion goals will require cultural, financial shifts on campuses
Community College Times, August 12, 2010
If community colleges hope to reach a national goal of helping an additional 5 million of their students complete college by 2020, two-year institutions will have to reallocate resources rather than rely on new funding, according to foundation and government officials.
http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/article.cfm?ArticleId=2879
Asking More Than Male or Female
Inside Higher Ed, August 12, 2010
Common Application considers adding voluntary questions about sexual orientation and gender identity.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/12/questions
Not Just a Foot in the Door
Inside Higher Ed, August 12, 2010
Community colleges move from offering one or two four-year degrees to offering a range of baccalaureate options.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/12/baccalaureate
Full-Timers with Overloads
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean, Inside Higher Ed, August 12, 2010
This piece in IHE, and its comments, hit home with me. It's a variation on a dilemma I face every single semester. Broadly, it's about the zero-sum truth that if professor X gets assigned a ...
DOE: Strengthening America's Energy Future through Education and Workforce Development
The Energy Collective.com, August 12, 2010
The emerging workforce and STEM education gaps, if not addressed, will jeopardize America's ability to compete in a clean-energy economy. That is why earlier this year AEL strongly supported RE-ENERGYSE, a proposal to increase federal funding for education in clean-energy related fields by $74 million for universities, community and technical colleges, and K-12 schools.
Renting textbooks could be the hot trend this fall
Community College Times, August 9, 2010
Book rentals are hot this fall. Two of the nation's largest college textbook retailers are expanding their book rental programs to allow students to lease books for the semester for half of what they would pay for new books.
http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/article.cfm?ArticleId=2869
Mass Video Courses May Free Up Professors for More Personalized Teaching
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 8, 2010
New York University plans to join the growing movement to publish academic material online as free, open courseware. But in addition to giving away content—something other colleges have done—NYU plans a more ambitious experiment. The university wants to explore ways to reprogram the roles of professors in large undergraduate classes, using technology to free them up for more personal instruction.
http://chronicle.com/article/Mass-Video-Courses-May-Free-Up/123781/
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
Gregoire tells agencies to prepare for up to 7 percent cuts
Seattle PI (blog), August 12, 2010
With state coffers nearly empty, Gov. Chris Gregoire ordered agencies to prepare for across-the-board cuts of between 4 and 7 percent by Oct. 1. "This recession is unlike anything any of us have experienced. It's pouring down rain, so we've exhausted our rainy day fund," Gregoire said during a news conference Thursday. "We will survive this crisis...but it's going to be a long and bumpy road."
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/217809.asp
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