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CBC Career Expo 2012
Hundreds of students and community members flooded the Gjerde Center at Columbia Basin College to speak with a representative from one of the more than 50 businesses at this year's Career Expo.
KVEW TV, February 16, 2012
http://www.kvewtv.com/article/2012/feb/16/cbc-career-expo-2012/
Gallery: CBC job fair
Over 50 businesses from the mid-Columbia representing the medical, justice, engineering and manufacturing sectors, were on hand for the 28th annual Columbia Basin College Career Expo.
Tri-City Herald, February 16, 2012
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/02/16/1829259/gallery-cbc-job-fair.html
Yakima Valley Community College grad oversees engineering for SVID
An employee for Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District the past nine years, Ron Cowin will soon mark his first anniversary as the district's assistant manager in charge of engineering projects. … His path to becoming an engineer was a local one, as he completed a program at YVCC, then received his accreditation during years of on the job experience at SVID.
Daily Sun News, February 17, 2012
YVCC proposes campus improvements, but funding uncertain
Yakima Valley Community College leaders want the south side of its main campus to be safer and greener, and have a new, state-of-the-art facility. … The state has reduced funding for construction projects at public community and technical colleges, creating a backlog of projects with green lights but no money. YVCC officials expect it could be three years -- or possibly longer -- before the school's project is funded.
Yakima Herald, February 19, 2012
Bill would sell off state's art collection
Among the 4,000 pieces in the state's collection is "Bloom," a work of eco resin, LED lights and stainless steel hanging at Everett Community College.
… Keiser said she was motivated to introduce the bill because the state's roughly $1 billion budget gap is forcing cuts in higher education financial aid programs at a time when people wanting to go to college are being turned away because they cannot afford the cost. More than 26,000 students who qualified for the State Need Grant were denied last year, Keiser said. State Need Grants help the state's lowest-income undergraduate students pursue degrees, refine skills, and retrain for new careers. "The State Need Grant program is terribly underfunded," Keiser said. "There were so many students who were turned away this year, who could not get a dime."
The Herald, February 20, 2012
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120220/NEWS01/702209937
Whatcom Community College parenting education program under budget threat
As Whatcom Community College prepares for another round of state budget cuts that could total $1.8 million, officials are trying to figure out how to continue supporting a 39-year-old parenting education program that is affiliated with five cooperative preschools in Whatcom County. Whatcom is not alone. The presidents of other community and technical colleges in the state with such programs also are grappling with how to keep them going as the squeeze on their budgets continue.
Bellingham Herald, February 21, 2012
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/02/21/2399078/whatcom-community-college-parenting.html
Enrollment down at Walla Walla CC
The Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges reported a 4 percent drop in enrollment early into the fall quarter statewide. Final fall quarter enrollment figures from the state are pending. Although it is not clear what is driving the trend, a series of tuition increases the last two years may have pushed some students away. "It's hard to put your finger on any one thing," Delgadillo said. "I would imagine that tuition increases makes it harder for students to come to school."
Tri-City Herald, February 21, 2012
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/02/21/1834674/college-enrollment-down-at-walla.html
Big Bend's Bonaudi to retire
Big Bend Community College President Bill Bonaudi retires June 30 after 17 years at the college. Bonaudi was hired as Big Bend's President in May 1995. Before coming to Big Bend, he was Vice President of Academic Affairs at Northern Nevada Community College.
Columbia Basin Herald, February 16, 2012
PeaceHealth nurse wins award for work with sexual assault victims
Sara Reid, RN, received the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year award for her work as an advocate for patients. … Reid's ability to handle such cases with compassion and tenderness is why the veteran St. John nurse recently was named winner of the March of Dimes regional award for patient advocacy. The recognition came with a plaque but no monetary reward, but to Reid the gratification is helping patients in difficult times, with difficult cases. Many times, physical evidence of a sexual assault is limited, said Reid, a 1997 Castle Rock High school who trained be a nurse at Lower Columbia College.
The Daily News, February 15, 2012
TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION
College-level coursework paying off for state's high-school students
Seattle Times, February 15, 2012
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2017517476_edit16advanced.html
Who Benefits?
New financial-aid rules mean that community-college students who lack a high-school or GED diploma will no longer be eligible for federal funds.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 14, 2012
http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/who-benefits/30366?sid=cc&utm_source=cc&utm_medium=en
Senators Hear About Successful Partnerships of Colleges and Work-Force Boards
Two-year-college leaders were among those giving testimony about how partnerships in their region are helping to bolster the local economy.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 16, 2012
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BLOG: Do your homework on college tuition increases
Yakima Herald, February 17, 2012
http://www.yakima-herald.com/blogs/report-card/posts/do-your-homework-on-college-tuition-increases
Editorial: American manufacturing / Success starts in classroom
The challenge to maintaining this positive American storyline isn't complicated. It lies in good old American innovation, and a robust pipeline of skilled workers. Both are endangered, however, by our long-term neglect of education at all levels. … A rebirth of American manufacturing requires some basic commitments to education, from preschool through college
… The root cause of skyrocketing tuition lies primarily in the steady erosion of state support for higher education. Universities' hands have been forced, because compromising the quality of a college education too much is self-defeating.
The Herald, February 17, 2012
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120217/OPINION01/702179935/-1/opinion#Success-starts-in-classroom
BLOG: Do your homework on college tuition increases
Yakima Herald, February 17, 2012
http://www.yakima-herald.com/blogs/report-card/posts/do-your-homework-on-college-tuition-increases
In Today's Economy, How Far Can A GED Take You?
NPR, February 18, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/18/147015513/in-todays-economy-how-far-can-a-ged-take-you
Our Greedy Colleges 2.0
Twenty-five years ago this past Saturday, then-Secretary of Education William J. Bennett argued in a New York Times essay called "Our Greedy Colleges" that “increases in financial aid in recent years have enabled colleges and universities blithely to raise their tuitions, confident that federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase.” Ever since, the notion that colleges raise tuition to capture financial aid has gone by the moniker of the Bennett Hypothesis.
Inside Higher Ed, February 21, 2012
Success Begets Success
Courses on how to learn and manage college life can boost graduation rates. The classes are catching on -- slowly -- at community colleges, but face resistance.
Inside Higher Ed, February 21, 2012
For Courting Students, Glossy Viewbooks Lose Luster
Among a college's courtship materials, the expensive "coffee-table book" is giving way to newer strategies.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 19, 2012
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POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL
House bill would pay colleges for results
The Columbian, February 19, 2012
http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/feb/19/bill-would-pay-colleges-for-results/
Senators Hear About Successful Partnerships of Colleges and Work-Force Boards
Two-year-college leaders were among those giving testimony about how partnerships in their region are helping to bolster the local economy.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 16, 2012
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