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Research into effectiveness of STEM school
WSU Today, September 20, 2010
Delta High is a partnership of the Kennewick, Pasco and Richland school districts along with the Battelle company, Columbia Basin College and WSU Tri-Cities ...
http://wsutoday.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=21646&TypeID=1
Creating a showcase for performing arts '25 Feet of Art ...
The Olympian, September 19, 2010
The Washington Center took over management of the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts from South Puget Sound Community College last year, ...
http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/19/1374660/creating-a-showcase-for-performing.html
It's time for creative, critical thinking on state budget
Yakima Herald-Republic, September 19, 2010
Yakima Valley Community College and Central Washington University, again, will feel the impact. Initial cuts mean a loss of $1.13 million for YVCC and more ...
Saturday Thumbs
Longview Daily News, September 18, 2010
Thumbs up: This thumb up is actually a baton held high to Lower Columbia College alumni Ken and Pat Hanson, a local couple who have left $3.5 million to the ...
http://tdn.com/news/opinion/article_5cf1a080-c2b5-11df-ab70-001cc4c03286.html
Making a Splash in Evaline
Centralia Chronicle, September 18, 2010
The instructor this year is Centralia College student James Wilson, a certified lifeguard who volunteered his time to help the district and the kids learn. ...
http://www.chronline.com/article_51f2d834-c300-11df-a9da-001cc4c002e0.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
WSU facing deeper cuts after revenue report
The News Tribune, September 20, 2010
… Higher education has been one of the areas hardest hit with budget cuts. …
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/18/1349172/wsu-facing-deeper-cuts-after-revenue.html
Illegal Voices: 4 Undocumented Students Describe Uncertain Futures
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 20, 2010
As another academic year gets under way, thousands of undocumented students are looking ahead to uncertain futures, grateful for the opportunity to attend college but wondering if anyone will hire them when they graduate.
http://chronicle.com/article/Illegal-Voices-Undocumented/124441/
Silent Partners in Transfer Admissions
The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 19, 2010
In the last 18 months, education leaders have made important progress in helping students who wish to transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions.
http://chronicle.com/article/Silent-Partners-in-Transfer/124514/
A Truly Bookless Library
Inside Higher Ed, September 17, 2010
The new engineering and technology library at U. of Texas at San Antonio holds no printed volumes -- a realization of a goal many libraries have set as a vision for the future.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/09/17/libraries
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