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		<title>Recession impacts local colleges and students</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Kraus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roanoke&#8217;s WSLS ran a story last night looking at the impact of the recession on colleges and the students who attend them.  The mission of Virginia&#8217;s Community Colleges &#8211; to address the commonwealth&#8217;s unmet needs in higher education &#8211; is &#8230; <a href="http://blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/recession-impacts-local-colleges-and-students/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1263789&amp;post=617&amp;subd=blogmyfuturevccs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tidewater Community College hosting inaugural simulcast for the community</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Kraus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A story today at Inside HigherEd.com talks about the involvement of colleges and universities across the nation in this month&#8217;s inauguration of President Barack Obama.  Tidewater Community Community College earned a mention for hosting an event for the entire community. Tidewater Community College &#8230; <a href="http://blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/tidewater-community-college-hosting-inaugural-simulcast-for-the-community/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1263789&amp;post=615&amp;subd=blogmyfuturevccs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USA TODAY: Support community college</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Kraus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent editorial from USA TODAY explained, once again, how vital community colleges are to America&#8217;s efforts to shake-off this bad economy.  Further, it said that investments in community colleges need to be a central piece of the next federal &#8230; <a href="http://blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/usa-today-support-community-college/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1263789&amp;post=613&amp;subd=blogmyfuturevccs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Hayden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia&#8217;s Community Colleges are on break for the holidays.  Look forward to blogging at VaHigherEd.com in January 2009!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1263789&amp;post=611&amp;subd=blogmyfuturevccs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Governor Kaine said about community colleges in his budget cutting speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Kraus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following excerpts come from the Governor&#8217;s prepared remarks, which you can see by clicking here: In higher education, our October actions reduced schools&#8217; 2009 base budgets by 5 to 7%. For 2010, I have increased the reductions to 15% &#8230; <a href="http://blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/what-governor-kaine-said-about-community-colleges-in-his-budget-cutting-speech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogmyfuturevccs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1263789&amp;post=609&amp;subd=blogmyfuturevccs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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