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Centralia College Summer Theatre Workshop participants perform original piece
After three weeks of hard work spent writing, composing and designing their own original
theater piece, local middle and high school students participating in Centralia College’s sixth annual Summer Theatre Workshop performed their original work on Saturday.
Centralia Chronicle, July 29, 2024
Columbia Basin College receives $200,000 grant to enhance stem course research
Exciting news for Columbia Basin College the college recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance
stem course research. The college will be getting $200,000 to train instructors and
focus on adding research experiences to classes.
Apple Valley News Now, July 25, 2024
How Washington state stands apart as a model for community college bachelor’s degrees
... Up the West Coast in Washington state, some students want a bachelor’s degree
to enter careers like teaching and nursing but don’t have a local four-year university
to attend. Fortunately for them, they have another option: getting that degree from
a community college. [Yakima Valley College, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges]
EdSource, July 24, 2024
Higher Education and Politics
WA gubernatorial candidates talk education
... We asked them how the state should fund education and what they would do about
the youth mental health crisis, school safety, child care and Washington’s low college-going
rate.
The Seattle Times, July 29, 2024
House Republicans subpoena Education Dept. over FAFSA issues
House Republicans want the Education Department to turn over a tranche of documents
that they say will shed light on the agency’s botched rollout of the new Free Application
for Federal Student Aid.
Inside Higher Ed, July 26, 2024
