NEWS LINKS | August 7, 2009

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges

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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

Shoreline CC-Korean exchange continues

Lynnwood-Mountlake Terrace Enterprise, August 5, 2009

http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20090805/ETP06/708059822/-1/ETPZONELT&template=ETPZoneLTart

 

Students' education turns into 'humiliation'

KOMO TV, August 6, 2009 (Pierce)

http://www.komonews.com/news/52622362.html#idc-container

 

Mariners to honor Robinson scholars

The three winners of the 2009 Evergreen State College Jackie Robinson Scholarship will be honored on Friday [today] prior to the Mariners' game. The scholarship is a partnership between Evergreen and Seattle Central Community College, whose students often transfer to Evergreen to complete their baccalaureate degrees.

The Mariners News, August 6, 2009

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090806&content_id=6289030&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea

 

Promotions, awards and recognitions: Dr. Ivan Gorne, Stanley J. Rumbaugh, Theresa Pan-Hosley
Business Examiner, August 6, 2009 (Bates TC, trustees, WELA)

http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/people-on-move-147/

 

Pell Grant offers job-training assistance

Hire Ground blog, August 6, 2009 (CheckOutACollege.com)

http://blog.marketplace.nwsource.com/hireground/2009/08/pell-grant-offers-job-training.html?cmpid=2627

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

Seattle bucks U.S. trend; shows manufacturing job gain

Puget Sound Business Journal, August 5, 2009

http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/08/03/daily33.html

 

Consider Community College. It's no longer America's best-kept secret.

Forbes Magazine, August 6, 2009 (essay by Jill Biden)

http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/02/community-college-professor-higher-education-opinions-colleges-09-jill-biden.html

 

State online career site [Career Bridge] ramping up

The Herald, August 7, 2009

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090807/BIZ/708079918#State.online.career.site.ramping.up

 

Higher Ed Mag Po

Since before there was even much of an Inside Higher Ed Web site, there has been.....the Inside Higher Ed Poetry Magnet. With all the changes taking place in higher education, we think it's time to work up a new list of higher education words. Perhaps "furlough" in place of "retire"? We turn to you, loyal readers of Inside Higher Ed, for inspiration. Send us your suggestions for words that define higher ed today. If we include your word on our new magnet, we'll send you one after they're printed (be sure to give us your mailing address). E-mail your suggestions to publisher@insidehighered.com by Thursday, August 13.

 

FRIDAY LITE NEWS

 

Solitary Crow On Fence Post Portending Doom, Analysts Warn

The Onion, August 5, 2009

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/solitary_crow_on_fence_post?utm_source=a-section

 

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NEWS LINKS | Aug. 5-6, 2009

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges

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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

Feds consider $500,000 pledge to aerospace training at EdCC
Aerospace training programs at Edmonds Community College could get a $500,000 boost courtesy of the federal government. … Reps. Jay Inslee and Rick Larsen, D-Wash., worked to secure the $500,000, which will be used to buy equipment for the community college’s National Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Center.

The Herald, August 4, 2009

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090804/BLOG01/908049977

 

Goodwill opens learn/earn program for seniors

The federally funded program will send seniors to school at Peninsula College or other educational institutions to acquire expertise such as computer skills ...
Sequim Gazette, August 5, 2009
http://www.sequimgazette.com/topstory/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2009-08-05_Goodwill_opens_learn_earn_program_for_seniors/

 

Opinion: Time to push science, math and technology education

Higher education must continue to build more partnerships with the private sector to encourage experiential student learning off campus, in the technology and science-driven fields into which they will soon graduate. … Western's work with Bellingham's All American Marine to design and construct a lightweight carbon-fiber hydrofoil for a new passenger ferry as the first project in the Port of Bellingham, WWU and Bellingham Technical College-operated Technology Development Center is a good example of this type of partnership.

The Bellingham Herald, August 5, 2009

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/291/story/1014550.html

 

Mike Godson named Educator of the Year

The Daily Insider, August 5, 2009 (Clark College)

http://www.dailyinsider.info/2009/08_05_09.html

 

Plans for new LCC building taking shape

Longview Daily News, August 6, 2009

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/08/06/top_story/doc4a7a308495101756341615.txt#blogcomments

 

COOL SCHOOLS RULE

 

West Seattle Weather Watch: “Hottest day ever” updates

South Seattle Community College, showing what is now officially the coolest school in West Seattle, explaining: “Inventor and Campus Services staffer Murray Fye has set up a cooling station by the campus Clock Tower. It is a mist/fog type that uses very low flow misting heads. It’s being enjoyed by one and all!”

West Seattle Blog, July 29, 2009

http://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=19334

 

Can’t beat the heat? There are many ways to keep yourself cool

Run through sprinklers. I’ve found some great ones to run through outside Tacoma Community College after my summer math class gets out.

Peninsula Gateway, August 5, 2009

http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/4753.html

 

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

Time to break cycle of no skills, no jobs / Low level of literacy adds fuel to employment crisis

Detroit Free Press, July 31, 2009

http://www.freep.com/article/20090731/COL10/907310368

 

Jobless grad sues college for 70G tuition

New York Post,  August 2, 2009

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08022009/news/regionalnews/sheep_kinned_182607.htm

 

Suing the Alma Mater

Inside Higher Ed, August 6, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/suing_the_alma_mater

 

We're not mocking community college, say NBC's 'Community' producers

Harmon himself attended community college at age 32 ... “While I was there, I took biology and psychology and ended up in study groups because I threw off the curve and everyone wanted to study with me,” he said. “I’m a stand-offish agoraphobe, so I was socially paralyzed into studying … but then we did become this family.”

Los Angeles Times blog, August 5, 2009

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/08/tca-press-tour-were-not-mocking-community-college-say-nbcs-community-producers.html

 

The Engineering Dropout Myth

Two studies suggest that for the discipline overall, and female students in particular, the challenge is recruitment, not retention.

Inside Higher Ed, August 5, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/05/engineer

 

Ready, or Not?

Review of colleges' emergency plans suggests relatively few have key elements in place to respond to campus shootings.

Inside Higher Ed, August 5, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/05/emergency

 

Emergency Fund Proves Worth

Students at New Mexico community college who get one-time grants for unexpected life expenses -- from car payments to emergency medical expenses -- stay enrolled at higher rate than other students.

Inside Higher Ed, August 6, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/06/emergency

 

Authorization would serve students and fill specific needs

As the question about the authorization of community colleges to offer certain baccalaureate degrees unfolds, policy makers at our state's capitol must look beyond the rhetoric to the real issue -- an issue that is paramount to the future of our state: access to higher education.

Detroit Free Press, August 6, 2009

http://www.freep.com/article/20090806/OPINION05/908060309/1231/OPINION/Authorization-would-serve-students

 

 

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NEWS LINKS | Aug. 4, 2009

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges

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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

Iraq veteran enjoys taste of home

So when his father, Rudy Pea, e-mailed to ask what he could send to Gabriel, he wrote back that some homemade cookies would be nice.

He never expected to end up with about 250 dozen cookies baked by employees of Columbia Basin College in Pasco.

The News Tribune, August 4, 2009

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/833171.html

 

Centralian Plans to Film Video of Armistice Day Gunfight

Working with Centralia College associate professor Suzanne Weil, he’s researching the topic and trying to determine the best locations to re-enact the low-budget feature film in front of professional cameras.

The Centralia Chronicle, August 4, 2009

http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/08/04/opinion/commentary/doc4a786f9a7100d792759889.txt

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

College Newspapers

Why are we training students for a dying industry? My college, like so many others, has a student newspaper. It's published on newsprint, it comes out twice a semester, and it sometimes gets facts right.

Inside Higher Ed, August 4, 2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean/college_newspapers

 

Gov. Chris Gregoire's chief of staff plans to leave job

Seattle Times, August 3, 2009

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2009591995&zsection_id=2008812028&slug=&date=20090803

 

POLITICS | LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL

 

Kulongoski, Gregoire approval ratings sink

The Oregonian blog, August 3, 2009

http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2009/08/kulongoski_gregoire_approval_r/print.html

 

 

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NEWS LINKS | Aug. 3, 2009

SBCTC NEWS LINKS | Articles about – and of interest to – Washington state community and technical colleges

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SYSTEM NEWS | OPINIONS

 

Aerospace center may be model

… state officials made an example of plans for the aerospace institute, so far aided by a two-year lease from Snohomish County and a partnership with community colleges and an aerospace group. Training hasn’t kept pace with rapid technological growth in the work force, said Eleni Papadakis, executive director of the state State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.

The Herald, July 30, 2009

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090730/BIZ/707309951/1005#Aerospace%0Acenter.may.be.model

 

Clark College seals time capsule

The Daily Insider [fourth story] -- July 31, 2009

http://www.dailyinsider.info/2009/07_31_09.html

 

Changing Careers [profiles of Clark College students as part of a series on "Living Lean: Surviving the recession"]

The Columbian, July 30, 2009

http://www.clark.edu/news_events/documents/ChangingCareersColumbian07-30-09.pdf

 

Boeing donates 747 engine to Everett Community College’s aviation program

The Herald, Aug. 1, 2009

http://www.heraldnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/BIZ/708019962/0/NEWS0102&template=printart

 

State approves another bachelor’s degree at Bellevue College

Bellevue Reporter, August 3, 2009

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/news/52309447.html

 

 

TRENDS| HORIZONS | EDUCATION

 

Texas education chief suggests voluntary ban on hiring dropouts

The Dallas Morning News, July 31, 2009
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/073109dntexdropouts.4503be1.html

 

Business Is Brisk for Teacher Training Alternatives

The high unemployment rate has provided an unexpected boon for the nation's public schools: legions of career-switchers eager to become teachers.

Washington Post, July 31, 2009

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/07/30/ST2009073003957.html?sid=ST2009073003957

 

College students are flocking to sustainability degrees, careers
USA Today, August 2, 2009
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-08-02-sustainability-degrees_N.htm

 

Community colleges gaining respect, admissions
San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 2009
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/31/CMDL18EMCG.DTL

 

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