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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS
LCC students score well in national studies
Lower Columbia College has won high marks on two community college studies measuring student success in math and overall student achievement. ...
Longview Daily News, August 3, 2010
http://tdn.com/news/local/article_8f174e20-9f5b-11df-a3bb-001cc4c03286.html
Best of Tacoma 2010 Readers' Poll: Best Overall Restaurant, Primo ...
Best part: McManus commissioned Tacoma Community College students to design the tabletops. They dug into Minoan, Greek, Etruscan and Moroccan cultural ...
Weekly Volcano, August 3, 2010
Rural residents raise concerns about public safety cutbacks
Carpenter said the Four Creeks group had enlisted the Geographic Information System program at Green River Community College to map the 33-square-mile….
Issaquah Press, August 3, 2010
http://www.issaquahpress.com/2010/08/03/rural-residents-raise-concerns-about-public-safety-cutbacks/
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Colleges Weigh In on Rules
The public comment period for the majority of the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed regulations aimed at protecting the integrity of the Title IV federal financial aid program ended at midnight Tuesday.
Inside Higher Ed, August 4, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/04/comments
Textbook Alternatives
My psychic powers tell me that in the next few weeks, as the back-to-school rush hits, we’ll be inundated with complaints about textbook costs. This is about as risky a prediction as guessing that the sun will rise in the East.
Inside Higher Ed, Confessions of a Community College Dean, August 1, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/textbook_alternatives
No Laughing Matter
A cartoon criticizing college websites resonates more deeply than many designers might like.
Inside Higher Ed, August 4, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/04/websites
POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
WA Gov. Gregoire optimistic about money for states
Gov. Chris Gregoire is optimistic she won't have to make deep cuts to state programs following a key Senate vote on additional federal Medicaid dollars.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_budget_medicaid_money.html
U.S. Senate vote may ease state budget crisis
Washington state would receive nearly $530 million in funding for Medicaid and to pay the salaries of 3,000 teachers who faced the pink slip under a bill the Senate cleared for final passage with a critical procedural vote today.
The News Tribune, updated August 4, 2010
http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2010/08/04/u-s-senate-vote-may-ease-state-budget-crisis/
Did state furloughs bring overtime?
Gov. Chris Gregoire’s budget staffers are looking into rumors that state agencies have undercut the expected $73 million in savings from planned furlough days by paying overtime to replacement workers.
The News Tribune, August 4, 2010
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/08/04/1288686/did-furloughs-bring-overtime.html
Senate Jobs Bill Clears Key Hurdle
Bill Would Extend Programs Enacted In Last Year's Stimulus Law
Senate Democrats on Wednesday overcame Republican opposition and cleared the way for a $26 billion measure to help states ease their severe budget problems and save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public employees.
KiroTV.com, August 3, 2010, updated August 4, 2010
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