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Jane McNabb named Chief Advancement Officer at Shoreline Community College
Shoreline Area News, August 11, 2010
EDITORIAL: [Lower Columbia College] a good investment for state, students
The Daily News, August 14, 2010
http://tdn.com/news/opinion/article_da245a86-a68e-11df-bb85-001cc4c03286.html
EDITORIAL: Key priority [higher education funding] needs stability
The Herald, August 15, 2010
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100815/OPINION01/708159979/-1/OPINION
Long-standing federal [TRIO] grant may be pulled from Everett Community College
The Herald, August 16, 2010
Meet Dr. Eric Murray: CCC’s new president
The Woodinville Weekly, August 16, 2010
Green career training: new opportunity to get grant-paid education in short energy management certificates
Edmonds Beacon, August 16, 2010
Construction on Seattle's Sichuan-style Chinese garden is blooming
The Seattle Chinese Garden, at the north end of South Seattle Community College, is opening for public tours this week ..
Seattle Times, August 16, 2010
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012632335_chinesegarden16m.html
Resources grow for established small businesses
Edmonds Community College has a Small Business Development Center. … Everett Community College is starting a new Small Business Accelerator program in September to assist established small business.
The Herald, August 16, 2010
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100816/BIZ/708169973
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
$830 Billion in Student Loans: The New Mortgage Bubble
This is starting to look more and more like the mortgage bubble. What was first depicted as an expansion of opportunity now starts to look like a massive scam perpetrated on the socially disadvantaged. The difference is that while the mortgage bubble was happening, homeownership in the US actually rose to an all-time high. Whereas while we were adding $300 billion to our national student loan tab, college attainment among young people actually fell.
Huffington Post, August 11, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anya-kamenetz/830-billion-in-student-lo_b_679497.html
'Dream Act' Would Not Be Enough for Many Undocumented Students
Chronicle of Higher Education, August 15, 2010
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Damaging Data on Loan Repayment
As a Republican Congressional aide put it Sunday in discussing the department's approach: "If this analysis makes sense for the for-profits -- if we've decided loan repayment rates are a good way of assessing institutions -- I think you'll increasingly see Congress asking why it doesn't make sense for all types of institutions."
Inside Higher Ed, August 16, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/16/eddata
Visions of Adjunct Tenure
Inside Higher Ed, August 16, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/16/cocal
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