More than a year ago, I wrote about the consolidation of five rural Minnesota community colleges. The new institution, known as Minnesota North College, has…
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Yesterday, I wrote about an opinion piece I recently read. The author indicated that higher education institutions needed to do a better job of recognizing…
US News and World Report published an interesting article today regarding red flags among higher education institutions’ financial conditions. The two specific areas of concern…
Last week, Indiana University of Pennsylvania announced that it had eliminated five executive positions to reduce expenses and avoid increasing student tuition. The eliminated positions…
Yesterday, I wrote about the excess capacity at Michigan’s public universities. Based on each university’s peak enrollment, I calculated that Michigan currently has more than…
Yesterday, Bridge Michigan published a nice piece on the state’s population problems, and the impacts it will have on Michigan’s future. You can read it…
Michigan state senator Mark Huizenga introduced legislation last week to mandate a tuition freeze at Michigan’s 15 public universities and 28 public community colleges. The…
Recently, WCC announced that it was part of a larger group of community colleges in Southeast Michigan that will share in a grant by the…
Yesterday, the Hechinger Report published a story about the plight of students who transfer from a community college to a university. The widely syndicated story…
Consulting firm McKinsey & Company released a new analysis of the US higher education landscape last month. Their conclusions give new perspective to the “enrollment…