Last week, the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees approved a $4 per credit hour tuition increase for in-district students. The move could potentially generate…
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I have written about the financial crisis at New Jersey City University several times. In a nutshell, NJCU found itself nearly $23M short on operating…
Washtenaw Community College announced receipt of a $2M grant to fund its new “Advance Ypsi” initiative. The program will provide educational assistance to high school…
I’ve written ad nauseam about the limited income differential between community college graduates and high school graduates. When you factor in living wage calculations and…
Yesterday, Judge Carol Kuhnke refused to order Graduate Employees’ Organization workers back into the classrooms at the University of Michigan. According to the ruling, graduate…
The Hechinger Report published a piece yesterday that analyzed the drop in community college enrollment. The report placed the blame on everything from bad advising…
A few days ago, I wrote about Oregon’s community colleges and their attempts to reduce a looming statewide budget deficit. Like many other publicly funded…
If you want to know the future of community colleges, look at Oregon. Budget shortfalls have plagued the system statewide for at least the past…
Labor union contract negotiations are always interesting. This year, the negotiations at WCC are likely to be even more interesting. Last week, Michigan became the…
Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, IA saw its current semester enrollment decline by 3.8% compared to the same semester last year. HCC’s story is very…