Yesterday, I wrote about student loan interest rates and their scheduled rise. Since early in the pandemic, the federal government has hit the pause button…
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Interest rates on new federal student loans will rise effective July 1. The current interest rate, 3.73% will creep up more than 1.25% to 4.99%…
Earlier this month, Rhode Island’s state treasurer made an interesting “suggestion” to that state’s legislature. Seth Magaziner urged the legislature to cap the amount of…
Research in the Journal of American College Health examines substance use differences among students at four-year and two -year colleges. The study authors determined that…
It’s becoming quite clear that reliance on adjunct instructors will be more expensive going forward. Earlier this month, adjunct faculty at Skidmore College in Saratoga…
Among the myriad issues facing community colleges today, adjunct pay is shaping up to be a titan. California, with the nation’s largest statewide community college…
Innovation is critical to survival in the business world. Businesses that don’t innovate don’t last. The same can be said of people who don’t update…
For the past couple of days, I’ve written about WCC’s development of short-term certificates, despite evidence dating back to 2015 that these programs produce no…
Yesterday, I wrote about WCC’s love affair with short-term certificates, and their negative effect on women’s earnings. The conclusions came from a 2017 study conducted…
For whatever reason, Washtenaw Community College has gone all in on certificates over associate’s degrees. The strategy is certainly questionable for the college, but it’s…