Opinion:
Solutions to the math deficit
To brainstorm solutions, Everett
Community College recently secured a $39,500 grant from
College Spark Washington, a Seattle foundation that focuses on low-income
students. The backdrop: Most incoming EvCC students require remedial math.
It's a deficiency that throws light on a strapped K-12 system graduating
students ill-prepared for college.
Everett Herald, May 13, 2014
Colleges face
new scrutiny
Proposed rules affect for-profit schools, as well as Clark College. ... The
Washington State
Board for Community and Technical Colleges oversees that
effort. It scrutinizes employment and earnings data of career certificate
programs through an agreement with the state Employment Security
Department.
The Columbian, May 12, 2014
Hard Work, Hard
Demand
Over the past year, Western Governors University (WGU) has been working
with 11 community colleges in five states as they create new
competency-based programs (with support from the U.S. Department of
Labor’s TAACCCT programs and the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation). We found that faculty are creatively adapting
to CBE based on their students’ needs and within their existing
practices. [Washington state colleges are: Bellevue College, Columbia Basin College,
Edmonds Community
College and Spokane
Falls Community College.]
Inside Higher Ed, May 12, 2014
Seattle-area
community colleges expand bachelor degree offerings
Washington’s community colleges have been adding bachelor degrees to their
program lineups for several years now, and the list keeps growing. .. Seattle Central College
is adding a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). .. Highline Community College
is adding a bachelor of applied sciences degree in cybersecurity and
forensics, the first community college in Western Washington to do so.
... South
Seattle College is adding a bachelor degree this fall
in sustainable building science technology.
The Seattle Times, May 12, 2014
EvCC to look at
math remedy
Math can be a barrier for students seeking a college degree. To help
figure out which strategies work best to help students succeed in math, Everett Community College has
been awarded a $39,500 grant.
Everett Herald, May 12, 2014
Larry LaRue:
Her long-deferred degree comes from online university
The music to “Pomp and Circumstance” makes her cry, so Sandra Braedt is
about to have a weepy month. Oldest daughter Kyra — born the year
Braedt turned 17 — will graduate from Seattle Central Community College in
June with an associate degree. “It took me six years to get my
two-year degree from Pierce
College, and I didn’t walk in the ceremony,” Braedt said.
“This time, I’m walking.”
The News Tribune, May 12, 2014
At EvCC's Early
Learning Center, it's no 'day care'
Holly McFaul grew up in Detroit. She was a first-generation college student
who now has two master's degrees. She cares deeply about education. Her
focus is on the youngest of all students. McFaul, 44, is the new
director of Everett
Community College's Early Learning Center, which
provides care and education to children ages 1 to 5.
Everett Herald, May 12, 2014
Luncheon raises
nearly $250,000 for Bellevue College scholarships, programs
The Bellevue
College Foundation’s “Become Exceptional” Luncheon raised
nearly $250,000 from over 650 guests, that will provide crucial support for
the foundation’s many school and program activities that advance
scholarships and academic programs for BC students.
Bellevue Reporter, May 11, 2014
Opportunity
Knocks with New Option for TCC Paralegal Students
Tacoma Community
College is one of four Washington community colleges to
offer a certification that enables paralegals to independently assist
clients with family law. The “Limited License Legal Technician (LLLT)”
certification is the first of its kind in the United States.
The Suburban Times, May 11, 2014
LCC eyes
purchase of Olympia Way apartments
Lower Columbia
College is finding homes away from home for its growing
international student population. The college’s board in April made
moves to purchase Oak Terrace, an 11-unit apartment complex at 1321 Olympia
Way.
Longview Daily News, May 10, 2014
Alternative
education programs battle dropouts
We conducted a case study of the local Alternative Education Program,
hosted at the Walla
Walla Community College campus to evaluate how effective
this program is at re-engaging Latino students who were not on track to
graduate in mainstream high school.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, May 10, 2014
Nominees sought
for awards that honor people in recovery
Seven years after she was released from prison with a sixth-grade
education, Miki Cabell is ready to pursue a Ph.D. ... In 2010, she
earned an associate degree from Grays
Harbor College. In June, she will graduate from The
Evergreen State College with a master’s degree in public administration and
tribal governance. This fall, she will begin a doctorate program, focusing
on social advocacy and marginalized people. Harvard University is among
four programs that have accepted her, Cabell said.
The Olympian, May 10, 2014
First Female
Veteran Symposium in the Tri-Cities, Helping Female Vets Get Help
Veterans face several challenges when they get out of the military, whether
that's finding a job or getting the health care they need. However,
most of the help out there for veterans is often geared towards men. That's
what one group of veterans at Columbia
Basin College is hoping to change.
KULR, May 9, 2014
Ford/AAA
Student Auto Skills State Competition
Twenty students from Washington State high schools compete for scholarship
money and the opportunity to travel to Dearborn, Michigan for the finals in
the annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition at Renton Technical College.
The Seattle Times, May 9, 2014
Opinion:
Students at Bellevue College depend on Metro Transit
David Rule, president
Bellevue College: The cut affects our college
directly, and I also worry about our rapidly growing region, reliant upon
the services community colleges such as BC provide. Without readily
available transit, many students face one more barrier to higher education
– a barrier that may prove to be the final straw for some.
Bellevue Reporter, May 9, 2014
State to stick
with new GED test
State education officials have decided to stick with the state's new GED
high school equivalency test and not adopt any of the
alternatives. The Washington
State Board for Community & Technical Colleges voted
Thursday to adopt staff recommendations in favor of the new GED, which the
state started using in January. Two other testing systems were examined
before the decision was made.
Everett Herald, May 9, 2014
Cowlitz Corner: Economic Development Administration
awards grant to Lower Columbia College
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA)
has awarded an $845,000 grant to Lower
Columbia College in Longview that will be used to train
workers in careers related to science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM).
Vancouver Business Journal, May 9, 2014
3,300+ Students
'CPTC Themselves' At Annual Career Conference
Clover Park
Technical College welcomed more than 3,300 area middle
school and high school students at the 14th Annual Career Conference
May 8.
The Suburban Times, May 8, 2014
Centralia
College Chooses Robert Frost as Next President
The Centralia
College Board of Trustees has selected a new president to
succeed James Walton, who will retire at the end of the academic
year. Robert Frost will take the helm of Centralia College July 1, it
was announced Thursday. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of
Frost.
The Chronicle, May 8, 2014
State board OKs
CBC Social Sciences Center
A new Social Sciences Center for Columbia
Basin College is a step closer to being built after getting
unanimous approval Thursday from the state Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
The Tri-City Herald, May 8, 2014
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