With vaccine distribution well under way, it is tempting to think about returning to life as it was in 2019. The FDA gave the Johnson…
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There has been a lot of debate lately on the value of remedial classes. As it turns out, adult learners who get placed in remedial…
Research published in 2020 by the National Bureau of Economic Research showed that there is untapped potential in older students. As many as 30 million…
In January, an online news magazine called The Hechinger Report published a rather lengthy piece on outsourcing in higher education. The article included a skewed…
Michigan voters put Gretchen Whitmer in the Governor’s seat on one key issue: “Fix the Damned Roads.” Michigan’s roads are among the worst in the…
Muskegon Community College announced last week that it had accepted an offer from an unnamed buyer for the Lakeshore Fitness Center. MCC had purchased the…
What happened in Texas this month wasn’t pretty. The large-scale failure of the Texas energy grid caused widespread power outages. At exactly the same time,…
Yesterday, I wrote about the declining value of a college education. The change in value is a problem for community colleges. I said that propping…
Attending college has always been thought of as an investment, because historically, earning a college degree meant earning more money. WCC students show up every…
Today’s news is filled with stories about the enrollment declines at community colleges. The pandemic has chased students away from two-year colleges in large numbers.…