Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges

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Creating Opportunities


The Smart Investment Program was created to increase public understanding of and support for the state's community and technical colleges, and to translate that backing into broader public and legislative support for the system's policy and budget priorities. It served as the umbrella for developing systemwide messages, provided tools for use by the colleges in presenting these messages, and acted as a catalyst for increasing and improving statewide media, community and legislative relations programs.

In 2005, the Smart Investment Program became the Creating Opportunities campaign. The goal is to increase awareness among the “thinking/talking public” about the benefits of two-year colleges across the state and to build understanding about the role of two-year colleges and the differences they make for the economy, the workforce and students.

Please feel free to download these files in Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe PDF format. You will need Acrobat Reader to read the pdf files.

Reports
  

Creating Opportunities Focus Group Report, June 2004

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Assessing Perceptions and Satisfaction Among The "Thinking, Talking Public" (2006 statewide poll)

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SMART Investment PowerPoint Presentation, 2002

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SMART Investment Survey Highlights 2002

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SMART Investment Survey Summary Report 2002

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SMART Investment Public Opinion Highlights 1998

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Economic Impact of Community and Technical Colleges

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