System News | Opinion
Are 2 instructors in a WA community college class better than 1?
... Purvis is in her first year of study for an associate degree in nursing at Everett Community College. The 27-year-old is also one of more than 6,000 Washington community and technical
college students enrolled in the state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training
(I-BEST) program. [State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Bellevue College]
The Seattle Times, April 24, 2023
Bellevue College program helps neurodiverse students navigate school
Bellevue College’s Neurodiversity Navigators program is open to all students. [Video]
King 5, April 24, 2023
Edmonds College, partner organizations recommended for NOAA grant funding
Edmonds College, in partnership with Latino Educational Training Institute (LETI) and Snohomish Conservation
District, have been recommended for $817,000 in funding through the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to restore salmon habitat.
My Edmonds News, April 24, 2023
Opening up college-prep programs
The decades-old rules don’t make sense, advocates say, and hinder efforts to better
serve low-income and first-generation students. Sebastian Myrick wants to help as
many students as possible get to and through college. But the longtime director of
TRIO college-prep programs at South Seattle College ...
Inside Higher Ed, April 24, 2023
This Tacoma professor spent years in Africa rewriting what we know about evolution
... Tacoma Community College professor Kirsten Jenkins is a paleoanthropologist. She studies human and ape evolution
through the fossil record. “Whenever you find a fossil, you could be the first person
who’s seen that, held it, touched it in 20 million years,” she said.
News Tribune, April 23, 2023
EvCC trustees choose Chemene Crawford as next president
Chemene Crawford, who has led North Seattle College the past three years, agreed Friday to become the next president of Everett Community College. The college’s Board of Trustees met early Friday and voted unanimously to offer
Crawford the job.
Everett Herald, April 21, 2023
Yakima Valley College enrollment up nearly 25% in spring quarter
Enrollment gains at Yakima Valley College during the 2022-23 academic year have continued into the spring quarter, with enrollment
24.7% higher in Spring 2023 compared to Spring 2022. The college's total full-time
equivalent student enrollment stands at 2,891 in Spring 2023 ...
Grandview Herald, April 19, 2023
Olympic College revamps welding facility, aimed at a workforce need in Kitsap's economy
... Demolition began at Olympic College’s Bremerton welding shop last November. Expected to be completed in February 2024,
the building’s empty spaces and blank walls promise improvements for promising welders
and, consequently, a Kitsap County economy in need of more skilled tradespeople.
Kitsap Sun, April 18, 2023
Trends | Horizons | Education
Returning ‘some college, no credential’ students lean toward community colleges
Community colleges continue to be a popular destination for former college students
who didn’t earn a credential but have returned to college, according to a new report.
That goes for so-called “some college, no credential” (SCNC) students who previously
attended community colleges and public four-year institutions.
Community College Daily, April 25, 2023
$60B for broadband: What it means for colleges
Three decades ago, only the rare community college leader understood what the Internet
was and even fewer had used Gopher and ARPANET, earlier forms of the medium that evolved
into today’s World Wide Web. Today, our lives are immersed in apps and device technology
in ways the early purveyors of Star Trek failed to imagine.
Community College Daily, April 24, 2023
Politics | Local, State, National
Washington Watch: Input on ED’s upcoming rulemaking sessions
Responding to the U.S. Education Department’s (ED) solicitation for input on upcoming
negotiated-rulemaking sessions, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
has presented both live and written comments on the topics ED has identified. The
Higher Education Act (HEA) requires ED to establish negotiated-rulemaking committees
in implementing any rules under the Title IV student aid programs.
Community College Daily, April 25, 2023
House debt plan would mean Higher Ed spending cuts
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Wednesday blasted the House Republicans’ proposed
plan to lift the debt ceiling. The plan would block the administration from forgiving
student loans and calls for cuts in federal spending.
Inside Higher Ed, April 21, 2023
