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Bellingham Technical College gets grant to teach nurses
KGMI, October 21, 2010
Bellingham Technical College is getting nearly a million dollars to help teach new nurses. BTC Dean Carol Lager says the $980000 ...
http://kgmi.com/Bellingham-Technical-College-gets-grant-to-teach-n/8403812
Seeing Italy up close
Sequim Gazette, October 21, 2010
Last spring, Kate Reavey, a Sequim resident and Peninsula College professor, experienced the wonders of Florence, Italy. She was selected for a 10-week ...
http://www.sequimgazette.com/entertainment/article.exm/2010-10-21_seeing_italy_up_close
Prosser closer to getting new high school
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, October 21, 2010
Columbia Basin College in Pasco might offer classes in the old high school building once the new one is operating. CBC President Richard Cummins said at the ...
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/10/21/1218450/prosser-closer-to-getting-new.html
YVCC honors its literacy champion
Yakima Herald, October 20, 2010
… Today, Bazadoni has three degrees under her belt, one from Yakima Valley Community College and two from Central Washington University. …
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/10/20/yvcc-honors-its-literacy-champion
theWashBoard.org matches students with scholarships
The Seattle Times, October 20, 2010
… Jeffrey Hill, a 42-year-old Grays Harbor resident, used theWashBoard.org to find two $1,000 scholarships to help pay for a two-year associate degree at Grays Harbor Community College. Hill is studying accounting. …
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013215155_scholarships21m.html
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
Measuring 2-Year Students’ Success
Inside Higher Ed, October 21, 2010
A little-noticed provision in the Higher Education Opportunity Act may end up reshaping how the federal government measures the success of community colleges and other institutions that award two-year degrees.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/10/21/data
Early Decision Bounces Back
Inside Higher Ed, October 21, 2010
The recession appears to have been very good for the practice of “early decision,” in which applicants must commit to enroll if admitted.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/10/21/admit
Massive Cut in Britain
Inside Higher Ed, October 21, 2010
Government funding for higher education in Britain is to be cut by 40 percent over four years, suggesting that public funding for teaching in the arts, humanities and social sciences may come to an end.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/10/21/britain
The Economy and College Admissions
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 20, 2010
Widespread predictions that students would approach the college decision differently in an economic downturn, and that colleges would plan conservatively to make their new classes, appear to have come true.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/the-changing-state-of-college-admissions/27569
WWU prez: Universities could accomplish much with more state money
The Bellingham Herald, October 20, 2010
The Legislature doesn’t get back to work for about three months, but leaders of Washington’s public colleges and universities began their fight for a share of dwindling state dollars Wednesday.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/10/20/1678512/wwu-president-universities-could.html
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