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At Spokane Community College, President Jenni Martin is preparing for a $7 million budget reduction over the next six years. A three hours’ drive southwest, Chad Hickox, the leader of Walla Walla Community College, is bracing for his own $3 million cut.

It’s a tall order amid a precarious time for higher education: The Trump administration is cutting federal grants, state dollars are tightening. And while enrollment in community colleges has rebo

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