I have written about Austin Community College several times. There is a common theme in the pieces: community college trustees who listen to their community.…
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Recently, I have been writing about the dangers community colleges face in maintaining their occupational education programs. A growing lack of qualified instructors means that…
For the last couple of days, I’ve written about the dangers of losing occupational education faculty. It’s happening at community colleges around the country. When…
Community colleges have suffered enough in the last decade, but it seems they now must navigate shrinking staff levels, too. I have written about this…
The State of Kansas has a problem with its community colleges. It is the same problem that the other forty-nine states have: enrollment. As is…
State law requires Michigan community colleges to disclose certain financial information, like their budgets. Failure to disclose the required information can result in the state…
In the December 13 Board of Trustees meeting, the WCC Administration will ask the Trustees to transfer nearly $150,000 from the Capital Fund to the…
Twice in the last six weeks, Washtenaw Community College discharged raw sewage into the stormwater retention ponds on campus. Two separate failures in the sanitary…
Yesterday, I wrote about the pandemic and its impact on working mothers. I said that COVID-19 has created two classes of women. That’s not really…
In 1955, the last streetcar traveled down Farnam Street in Omaha, NE; the city replaced its streetcars with an all-bus fleet. Over the years, Omaha…