News Links | January 12, 2023
System News | Opinion
‘A life was saved that day’: Spokane Falls student administers CPR to golfer in Liberty Lake Golf Course parking lot
Ethan Moriniti rushed to an unconscious man’s aid last fall at the Liberty Lake Golf
Course, started chest compressions and shocked him with a defibrillator to help save
the 67-year-old’s life. Moriniti, 20, credited a first aid course he completed in
June at Spokane Falls Community College for the skills he applied the afternoon of Oct. 2.
Spokesman-Review, Jan. 11, 2023
Edmonds College to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Black Box Theatre Jan. 17
Edmonds College will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Tuesday, Jan. 17, for both
the campus and community. The event will be held at the Black Box Theatre from noon-2
p.m. with an inspirational message from keynote speaker Dr. Joshua Fredenburg.
MLT News, Jan. 11, 2023
Trends | Horizons | Education
ChatGPT advice academics can use now
To harness the potential and avert the risks of OpenAI’s new chat bot, academics should
think a few years out, invite students into the conversation and—most of all—experiment,
not panic.
Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 12, 2023
Study: Better outcomes for students in corequisite courses
A recent study found that community college students earn degrees quicker and increase
their earnings if they get extra help in credit-bearing courses rather than taking
remedial courses.
Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 11, 2023
Politics | Local, State, National
Washington Watch: ED seeks info on determining ‘low financial value’ programs
In an action that echoes the Obama administration’s wildly unpopular college ratings
system, the U.S. Education Department is formally soliciting public input on the creation
of a list of higher education programs that provide “low financial value.”
Community College Daily, Jan. 10, 2023
Foxx again at the helm of House committee
... “Conducting vigorous and sustained oversight of the federal government, especially
the Departments of Education and Labor, will be among my top priorities. We must stop
this administration’s reckless and destructive regulatory agenda. In two short years,
the Biden administration erected innumerable hurdles to the American Dream, but I
am committed to tearing those hurdles down.”
Community College Daily, Jan. 10, 2023
Washington Watch: This week in Washington
... In the Senate, long-time Appropriations Committee leads Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
and Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) have retired, and their roles are expected to be filled
by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington), who has chaired the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).
Community College Daily, Jan. 10, 2023
