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| From spaceship to ship: 'Sally Ride' under construction in Anacortes | There's a research vessel under construction in Anacortes harbor with a very Jet City kind of name. |
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| Guest: STEM education relies on innovation from all disciplines | As a former engineer and current high-school teacher, STEM is a frequent buzzword in my lexicon. But, like many others, I have found myself thinking that the STEM acronym is somehow incomplete. What about art? What about English? Many other disciplines play a vital role in developing our next… |
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| WSU, UW spar over future of region’s med schools | Washington’s two biggest universities are squaring off over how to train more doctors to work in rural Eastern Washington, where there’s a critical shortage of primary care physicians. |
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| WCC grad: Returning student proves graduation possible | Can I do this? |
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| WCC grad: Running Start a great start on higher education | My experience with Whatcom Community College began long before I actually became a student. My brother Braden decided to enroll in the Running Start program during his junior year of high school. I remember watching his lifestyle shift from that of a high school student to the much busier life… |
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| Where Do Googlers Go to College? A Look at Tech Companies' Top Feeder Schools. | The next issue of Wired, on newsstands May 27, has an interesting infographic by Lucia Masud and Brittany Everett that looks at the top feeder colleges for seven big tech companies. The magazine gave me permission to reprint it below. |
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| Is College Worth It? Clearly, New Data Say | Some newly minted college graduates struggle to find work. Others accept jobs for which they feel overqualified. Student debt, meanwhile, has topped $1 trillion. |
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| Researchers: If students believe they can get smarter, they often do | Of all the factors that affect how — and how much — students learn, mounting research suggests the way they view intelligence is one of them. Do they believe intelligence is something they can’t change, as fixed as the color of their eyes? Or do they see it more like a muscle that… |
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| Community colleges plan to offer quick competency degree | The state’s community-college system is planning to offer an all-online, competency-based associate degree in business that students could earn at home in 18 months — or even earlier, if they’ve already earned some college credits. |
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| Preparing the next China-US pioneers | Graduating from Sichuan Normal University - the earliest school authorized by China's education ministry to recruit overseas students - Deng Bo started his Chinese teaching career in 1997, first at the Chinese language teaching center at Sichuan University, then at the school of overseas… |