News Links | October 18, 2022
System News | Opinion
Renton Technical College introduces program to let students try a trade
Renton Technical College (RTC) is introducing a program that allows community members and prospective students to
try a trade program intro course before fully committing to it.
Renton Reporter, Oct. 17, 2022
Student demand for flexibility fuels increase in online classes. CBC enrollment climbs
Columbia Basin College is bucking the trend on college enrollment. Most colleges and four-year universities
are still reporting losses in enrollment caused by the COVID pandemic, a strong job
market and inflation.
Tri-City Herald, Oct. 17, 2022
South Puget Sound Community College opens the Dr. Angela J. Bowen Center for Health Education
On October 11, 2022, South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) celebrated the grand opening of the Dr. Angela J. Bowen Center for Health Education
with a ribbon-cutting event.
Thurston Talk, Oct. 14, 2022
Minh Carrico’s work featured at Edmonds College Art Gallery
The Edmonds College Art Gallery’s fall exhibit showcases the work of Minh Carrico,
an Edmonds College instructor and chair for photography and visual communications.
NW Asian Weekly, Oct. 13, 2022
Amazon donates $3M to Seattle-area colleges to support computer science degrees
... Bellevue College, located east of Seattle, will receive $1.5 million over three years to support its
bachelor of science in computer science. ... The Seattle College Foundation will also
receive $1.5 million to help fund its newly launched bachelor of science in computer
science. This fall, North Seattle College admitted its first class of 20 students pursuing the degree.
GeekWire, Oct. 12, 2022
Trends | Horizons | Education
As the pandemic wanes, all eyes are on enrollment
... At WSU Pullman, the system’s flagship campus, freshman enrollment was higher than
it had been in four years, but transfers were down by 20 percent.
Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 17, 2022
A surge in young undergrads, fully online
... the tens of thousands of traditional-age undergraduates big online universities
are now enrolling would be eagerly welcomed by the many four-year residential campuses
and community colleges that are seeing their enrollments fall.
Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 14, 2022
Politics | Local, State, National
You can now apply for Biden's student loan relief plan. Here's how
On Monday, President Biden announced the application for his student loan relief program
is officially live. The administration published a beta version of the application
last week. Since its launch on Friday, more than 8 million borrowers have already
applied for debt relief ...
NPR, Oct. 17, 2022
Debt relief likely focus of GOP lawmakers
If Republicans take control of the House of Representatives after the upcoming midterm
elections, the Biden administration could expect lawsuits challenging student loan
forgiveness and stepped-up oversight of the U.S. Department of Education, higher education
lobbyists and policy experts say.
Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 17, 2022