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Budget on menu at brown-bag discussion

At the second in a series of brown-bag lunches focusing on budget issues, Shoreline Community College President Lee Lambert outlined challenges on the horizon.

Laying a Foundation may take some investment

Shoreline Community College needs more money, but it could take spending some to make some, Shoreline Community College President Lee Lambert said at a budget-focused, brown-bag lunch discussion, Dec. 15, 2009 in the PUB Quiet Dining Room.

Jobs and Economic Growth Forum finds financing a key block

The current tight credit market is squeezing out the possibility of significant growth for the green economy and green-collar jobs, according to speakers at a forum on how to spur both areas.  

SCC notices faculty union about layoffs

Shoreline Community College has notified union representatives that all faculty jobs at the school could be at risk.

State budget problem now $2.6 billion

As Gov. Gregoire said a week ago, "This is dire," Shoreline Community College President Lee Lambert said Thursday afternoon, Nov. 19, 2009. The previous forecast put the problem at $1.8 billion, but most people thought it would slide to at least $2 billion, maybe a little more. This is worse than we expected.

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Area colleges provide the best value in education
Dollar for dollar, community colleges are the most efficient education delivery system in the state a joint guest editorial in The Enterprise by Shoreline Community College President Lee Lambert and  Edmonds Community College President Jack Oharah

Community colleges' role in economic transition
The state's community colleges have a variety of important missions in this state but this is an important one: Training workers to fill the jobs that are available.

The Seattle Times editorial

College tuition: society's interest
In looking for ways to accommodate more people in higher education, there is a good example to follow: Community colleges' tuition rose less than inflation. Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial board

Cuts at local colleges would be a disaster
It is in our schools, and particularly at our community colleges that we train, or retrain, our workforce. It is at our institutes of higher learning where we hone our heralded talents of innovation. Those places need help. The Enterprise Newspapers editorial

In making tough cuts, don't starve solutions
 Cut too deeply into community college funding, for example, and you could further damage the economy by eliminating training opportunities that lead to good-paying jobs and greater government revenues. The Herald editorial

Support community colleges
There's one segment of the higher education world that's most deserving, the nation's 1,195 community colleges. While many private, four-year colleges are seeing dips in applications, community college enrollments this fall rose by 8-10%. And yet in most states, the per-student aid is shrinking