System News | Opinion
New university presidents, renewed programs and fresh starts: A roundup of Inland Northwest higher education news
...Starting in January, Spokane Community College welcomed its first cohort of practical nursing students in decades. ...So far, eight
students have enrolled in the one-year certificate program, and another eight will
start in the summer. The program, which was funded through a nearly $400,000 Rural
Health Grant from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges,
Inlander, May 29, 2025
Edmonds College awarded $300,000 grant to enhance Advanced Manufacturing Skills Center programs
Edmonds College has received a $300,000 grant from Jobs for the Future (JFF) to support and expand
programs at its Advanced Manufacturing Skills Center (AMSC). The two-year grant will
help increase access to quality jobs for students facing economic barriers.
MLT News, May 28, 2025
Bates Technical College to break ground on new Fire Service Training Center
Bates Technical College is hosting, on May 28, a groundbreaking ceremony for the Fire Service Training Center,
which will provide students with immersive, hands-on learning opportunities to better
prepare them for careers in firefighting and emergency response.
South Sound Magazine, May 27, 2025
Higher Education and Politics
Washington Watch: Preserving Pell, front and center
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has written to the Senate Labor,
Health, Education and Pension (HELP) Committee, outlining its position on the higher
education provision in the House-passed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Community College Daily, May 28, 2025
Colleges across the U.S. fear chill on enrollments of foreign students
...Amid the welcoming remarks, many of the 8,000 attendees at the conference of NAFSA:
Association of International Educators were learning of the latest news to shake the
field: The U.S. Department of State had suspended all new student-visa appointments
— at the height of student-visa application season.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 28, 2025
