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June 22, 2015

A Community College at the Center of an Oregon Recovery Story

Bend OR, Community Colleges and Career-Technical Schools, Education

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by James Fallows
When the lumber industry left, the region bet its future on technology—even though it lacked a research university. (Read it here.)

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