WSAC: Higher Education News Clips

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Higher Education News Clips

December 1 – 7, 2012

Unlikely Pairing? – Inside Higher Ed – December 6, 2012

Economic reality marries age-old idea – apprenticeships – with college – U.S. NEWS – December 6, 2012
Treehouse helps foster children climb up in the world – Seattle Times – December 5, 2012  
EDITORIAL: The student debt explosion – The Washington Times – December 5, 2012  
Higher education bubble threatens to add to nation’s economic woes
A new age of activism at college – Seattle Times – December 5, 2012  
UW’s Michael Young on education technology and an Apple Cup conspiracy – Puget Sound Business Journal – December 5, 2012  
Rethinking Grants and Loans – Inside Higher Ed – December 5, 2012  
Vets Flock To Colleges ... But How Are They Doing? – NPR – December 5, 2012
 Local college students happy about increase in opportunity scholarships – The Columbian – December 5, 2012  
Opportunity Scholarship increase invests in students – Seattle Times Editorial – December 4, 2012
Degree Inflation? Jobs That Newly Require B.A.’s – New York Times – December 4, 2012
Oregon lawmakers say 'bizarre' VA policy short-changes veterans attending college – The Oregonian – December 4, 2012
Gregoire wants to see eventual cuts to college tuition – The Olympian – December 4, 2012
Providers of Free MOOC's Now Charge Employers for Access to Student Data – The Chronicle of Higher Education – December 4, 2012
Scrambling to Understand Veterans – Inside Higher Ed – December 4, 2012
When Trying Harder Doesn't Work – The Chronicle of Higher Education – December 3, 2012
 Lower Columbia College wants to offer more four-year degrees – The Daily News – December 2, 2012
Students' options sprout from STEM – The Columbian – December 2, 2012
WSU to open College of Nursing facility in downtown Richland – Tri-City Herald– December 1