News Clippings
Teaching sixth-graders how to serve others
April 21, 2008 - They are only 12 years old, but the sixth-grade kids at Anser Charter School are committed to helping people in need.
They raised money for the food bank and the Idaho Black History Museum.
They raised awareness about river pollution, global warming and diversity.
They bought and read books to disadvantaged children, volunteered at retirement homes and ran errands for the disabled.
Universities tighten belts to keep students costs down
BOISE - The hammer fell three years ago, after the state Board of Education clamped down on student tuition and fee hikes in the double digits.
State universities were told to keep Idaho higher education affordable. No more 12 percent increases like in 2002, or the 10 percent increase in 2003. No more relying on student fees to make up for gaps in state funding.
"The message was pretty clear," said Chris Rosenbaum, executive director of the Boise State University budget office.
Idaho Education Leader Online as New Executive Director of iSucceed Virtual High School
April 1, 2008 - From teaching in the classroom to heading up the Idaho School Board Association, Cliff Green has an illustrious education career that interweaves education with technology. His twenty years of education experience made him the perfect candidate to lead Idaho students and their families towards innovative new ways to approach education.
Rising fees may squeeze students
Rising fees may squeeze students: Idaho universities say they need more money to maintain buildings, hire faculty and cover grow
Mar 30, 2008
Bill Roberts, Idaho Statesman
This could be a record year for 26-year-old Gabe Murphy.
He's never paid more for a gallon of gas. Food prices are shooting to the sky. And he could end up paying more than ever for a year of education at Boise State University.
CWI should explore innovative funding options
March 9, 2008 - Jerry Hess - Just over six months have passed since the trustees of the College of Western Idaho were impaneled, and after several personal inquiries by interested patrons, I desire to present a very brief mid-year report. My pledge at our beginning was to attempt a successful execution connecting the three pillars of educational excellence - access, quality, and cost. I refer to one example of my efforts on the above issues that has experienced some success embracing one component of this trilogy, information technology. The state of the art in that industry will cont
CSI may help CWI get up and running
March 7, 2008 - The College of Southern Idaho and the College of Western Idaho, the state's newest community college, are close to a deal for CSI to provide support oversight for several years as CWI seeks accrditation, school officials said this week.
CSI and the CWI are drafting a memorandum of understanding for CSI to provide oversight over financial aid matters at CWI while the school waits to receive accreditation, the school presidents said.
College of Western Idaho seeks funding for new location
March 5, 2008 - College of Western Idaho could soon have its own home in the buildings that have housed Boise State University's Canyon County classes, but the school may not have the money to pay costs for moving in.
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CWI Announces Tuition Rate
February 25, 2008
The tuition rate for the state's newest community college has been approved.
Students will pay $118 for tuition and fees, per credit hour, at the College of Western Idaho when classes start next January.
The CWI Board of Trustees approved the rate today.
College of Western Idaho opens its doors
Posted January 24, 2008 - The College of Western Idaho welcomed its first students January 14.
The community college, in conjunction with Boise State's Selland College of Applied Technology Center for Workforce training, will offer multiple classes for individuals in the Treasure Valley area. The college is located in Nampa.
Currently classes are broken into short-term, non-credit categories on business and computer technologies, health and wellness, landscaping, manufacturing, networking, real estate and trades.
Boise schools to offer class to prepare students for college entrance exams
January 22, 2008 - Boise schools to offer class to prepare students for college entrance exams.
Boise School District will pilot a class during summer school preparing students to take college entrance exams.
The class also will be taught at Timberline High School next fall. Both classes will be for credit.
Students will study ways to prepare for both the ACT and the SAT.
The class will be open to secondary students.
David Archibald-Seiffer, a Timberline language arts instructor, will teach the class.