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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
Year-old CBC nuclear technology program receives national and community support
Columbia Basin College’s year-old nuclear technology program received grants totaling more than $260,000 in July to fund curriculum development and equipment purchases.
Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business, August 2010
CBC’s ag programs honored
Columbia Basin College in Pasco was selected as the 2010 Washington Outstanding Postsecondary/Adult Agricultural Education Program. The award, given by the National Association of Agricultural Educators recognizes the nation’s most successful agricultural education programs by highlighting the local programs and teachers that achieve success. Kerrin Molton is the CBC program instructor.
Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business, August 2010
http://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/2010/08/shoptalk-14/
Tacoma CC picked for $14 million math experiment
Tacoma Community College has been selected as one of 19 community colleges in five states to take part in a two-year, $14 million initiative to improve math literacy. Funded by five foundations, with The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as lead, the experiment will address the high percentage of new college students who are placed in remedial math who either do not successfully complete the sequence of required courses or avoid taking math altogether and therefore never complete their college programs.
Tacoma Daily Index, August 20, 2010
http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=88&cat=23&id=1825054&more=0
Author Burke to sign copies of newest book in Richland
By the mid-1960s, Roger Burke was out of the military and returned to the Tri-Cities, where he enrolled at Columbia Basin College to take English classes. "I knew I wanted to write, but I struggled with English 101," he said. It was George Slanger, an English teacher, who gave Burke the boost he needed. "He listened and he encouraged," Burke said. … "We all need each other. It's like that kindly teacher at CBC. That's become my philosophy in life. If people want to do something bad enough, we need to encourage them," Burke said.
Bellingham Herald, August 20, 2010
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/08/20/1578809/roger-burke-to-sign-copies-of.html
Cowlitz County smoking rate at lowest level in seven years
Policy changes, such as the city of Longview's recent ban on tobacco use in city parks and Lower Columbia College's smoke-free campus, also are having an impact ...
Longview Daily News, August 20, 2010
http://tdn.com/news/local/article_1efcee64-ac22-11df-a4d5-001cc4c002e0.html
$600,000 Grant Increases College Opportunities for Incarcerated Offenders
The UBB program grew quickly as local educators from the University of Washington, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, Evergreen College, Shoreline Community College, and Seattle Public Schools began volunteering their time.
DOC News, August 18, 2010
http://www.doc.wa.gov/news/stories/2010/081810grantincreasescollegeforoffenders.asp
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
How Will Your Campus Adapt to Wacky Weather in the Climate-Change Era?
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 19, 2010
Furloughs: State's budget office reports savings; workers union to do own report
News Tribune, August 20, 2010
A Higher Ed Void in the Basics
It is generally true that you get what you pay for, but not necessarily when it comes to higher education. A new study released this week about the value of a college education, at least when it comes to the basics, has found the opposite to be true in most cases
Kitsap Sun, August 20, 2010
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/aug/20/kathleen-parker-a-higher-ed-void-in-the-basics/
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
EDITORIAL: Governor, Democrats wasting chance for true budget reform
The Olympian, August 20, 2010
http://www.theolympian.com/2010/08/20/1341687/governor-democrats-wasting-chance.html#ixzz0x9nfcAFO
Job training programs in danger, Hastings says
Tri-City Herald, August 20, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/08/20/1136724/job-training-programs-in-danger.html
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