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Highline Community College to expand ‘green’ economic opportunities
Highline Community College is expanding “green” education and business opportunities in South King County with a nearly $158,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration.
Auburn Reporter, November 8, 2010
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/aub/business/106908123.html
Duke Mitchell appointed new CBC Trustee
Governor Christine Gregoire has appointed David "Duke" Mitchell as the newest member of the Columbia Basin College Board of Trustees.
Tri-City Herald, November 8, 2010
Seattle Chinese Garden: Courtyard complete
Big news from the north end of the South Seattle Community College campus on West Seattle’s Puget Ridge – a milestone for the Seattle Chinese Garden: the “Knowing the Spring Courtyard” is complete.
West Seattle Blog, November 9, 2010
http://westseattleblog.com/2010/11/seattle-chinese-garden-courtyard-complete
College class sizes grow, programs suffer as cuts deepen
Community Colleges of Spokane, which encompasses Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls Community College and the Institute for Extended Learning, along with Washington’s 33 other community and technical colleges, were asked earlier this fall to come up with two budgets. One reflects a 6.3 percent across-the-board cut, which could go into effect before the year’s end, and another shows additional cuts totaling a 10 percent reduction that would hit in 2011-’12. … Since 2008-’09, Spokane’s community college system has trimmed nearly $20 million from its budget.
Spokesman Review, November 9, 2010
http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2010/nov/09/new-college-standard/
CBC students to pay more fees in 2011
Students at Columbia Basin College will pay an added fee starting next year, college President Richard Cummins told the CBC board of trustees Monday.
Tri-City Herald, November 9, 2010
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/11/09/1244397/cbc-students-to-pay-more-fees.html
Peninsula College enrollment hits record high
The college had 3,944 students in November 2009 and 4,263 students the same day this month. "That is approximately a 30 percent increase in enrollment over the past four years," Keegan said. "It is not unusual when the economy goes down that enrollment would increase," he said. "What is unusual is that at the same time, our budget is on a downward spiral."
Peninsula Daily News, November 9, 2010
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
National Ed Tech Plan Puts Technology at the Heart of Education Reform
United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today released the final version of the Obama administration's National Educational Technology Plan (NETP), a federal policy statement that puts technology at the heart of proposed changes to the way education is delivered in this country.
THE Journal, November 9, 2010
Technology and the Completion Agenda
With a chorus of influential voices calling for colleges to enroll and successfully graduate more students, data analytics is center stage.
Inside Higher Ed, November 9, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/09/completion
'Jaw-Dropping' Data on Black Male Student Achievement
Inside Higher Ed, November 9, 2010
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/09/qt#243021
Proposed requirements aim to point all students to success
Add to that the studies showing Washington in the bottom 20 percent of states with kids entering post-high school education. Also, our minority students are far more likely than the student body as a whole to drop out or complete high school unprepared to enter a two- or four-year program.
The News Tribune, November 9, 2010
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/11/09/1416178/proposed-requirements-aim-to-point.html
Report: Racial inequalities persist online
Despite widespread increases in use of broadband internet, the Web today still doesn't accurately represent the racial demographics of America.
CNN, November 8, 2010
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/11/08/broadband.digital.divide/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
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