News Links | September 16, 2021
System News | Opinion
Wenatchee Valley College building dedicated to Gloria Atkins, Colville tribal elder also known as Mish ee twie
When the newest building at Wenatchee Valley College was officially dedicated Tuesday to Gloria Atkins, also known as Mish ee twie, her
family was there, so proud and honored. The new building is named Mish ee twie in
honor of Atkins, a higher education advocate, tribal elder and proponent of tribal
fishing rights at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Icicle rivers.
Wenatchee World, Sept. 16, 2021
Mentorship program supporting Black male students at Seattle colleges to expand
A pilot program that aims to help increase the number of Black male students staying
in school and graduating from Seattle Central College is getting ready to expand. The program is called Springboard8, which is a partnership
between Central and consulting company Slalom. Slalom has made a three-year financial
investment to the program and there is now work underway to include Springboard cohorts
at Central’s sister colleges, North Seattle College and South Seattle College.
King 5, Sept. 14, 2021
A life of service: Remembering Paul Hirai
According to former Big Bend Community College President Terrence Leas, Paul Hirai epitomized the Rotary Club motto “Service above
self.” “Paul was such an important contributor to making the community better,” Leas
said of Hirai, who died on Aug. 31 at the age of 92. “I can only aspire to do as well
with my life.” “We really lost a great one,” Leas added.
Columbia Basin Herald, Sept. 14, 2021
HomeStreet Bank provides $5K to support Edmonds College students facing homelessness
HomeStreet Bank recently donated $5,000 to Edmonds College’s Project Home Association (PHA), which provides rental and hotel assistance to students
facing homelessness. The donation marks 12 years of support from HomeStreet Bank.
My Edmonds News, Sept. 10, 2021
Olympic College requires vaccination for students attending class in-person this fall
Olympic College will require students attending classes on all three of its campuses to be vaccinated
for COVID-19 this fall, and those attending have until Sept. 24 to get their first
dose. Students attending class at the college's campuses in Bremerton, Shelton and
Poulsbo are required to receive at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine
by Sept. 24 and must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 5.
Kitsap Sun, Sept. 9, 2021
Trends | Horizons | Education
Good at communicating during Covid
Overall, college students agree that their institutions have done a good job during
the pandemic in communicating information about a range of issues, from courses and
student aid, to emergency financial help, according to a new federal report.
Community College Daily, Sept. 16, 2021
A breakdown on enrollment barriers
Everyone knows that cost is a major barrier to college enrollment. Now there’s more
data to back that up. This summer, the Cengage Group surveyed 1,622 people – a mix
of currently enrolled college students (40%), high school graduates (21%) and those
who dropped out of college (39%) – about the obstacles they face enrolling in and
completing college.
Community College Daily, Sept. 15, 2021
Doubling Pell would cut future loan debt in half
Doubling the maximum Pell Grant to $13,000 would result in substantial reductions
in future student loan debt, according to a new report from the Gender Equity Policy
Institute. The analysis found that community college students receiving the maximum
award would graduate debt-free ...
Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 14, 2021
Amazon ups ante for employer-paid education and training
Amazon announced last week that it will spend $1.2 billion by 2025 to expand its Career
Choice program, paying 100 percent of the cost of tuition, fees and books for all
of its U.S. employees. The massive retailer has already funded education and training
for about 50,000 of its employees ...
Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 13, 2021
Politics | Local, State, National
Reporter's notebook
The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday capped nearly 40 hours of debate over
four days with the passage of its fiscal year 2022 budget reconciliation proposal.
The measure, approved by a vote of 24 to 19, includes several provisions that community
college advocates had sought ...
Community College Daily, Sept. 16, 2021
Commentary: Washington Watch: Los colegios comunitarios celebran a los estudiantes Latinx
... Hispanics/Latinx have made great strides in their educational attainment. In 2020,
the percent of Hispanics/Latinx ages 25 to 29 who have at least a high school degree
reached 90%, increasing more than 20% since the prior decade. The percent earning
an associate degree or higher almost doubled between 2010 and 2020 (20% to 37%).
Community College Daily, Sept. 15, 2021
House members want rollback of Title IX rules to begin soon
Fifty-nine members of the House sent a letter Monday to Secretary of Education Miguel
Cardona and Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Suzanne Goldberg, urging the
Department of Education to issue proposed changes to the Trump administration's Title
IX rules in October.
Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 14, 2021
Groups make final push for Kvaal confirmation
Over a dozen higher education associations and organizations sent a letter to members
of Congress Friday, once again urging senators to vote in favor of James Kvaal to
serve as under secretary of education ahead of the first vote on his nomination happening
today.
Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 13, 2021
