Between debates about the value of free college and shock over sharply declining community college enrollment, two-year schools are receiving a lot of attention lately.…
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If you want a good look at the consequences of poor oversight in higher ed, look no farther than the University of South Carolina. Every…
Regardless of what you believe to be the cause, the average price of a gallon of 89-octane gasoline today in Ann Arbor is $4.22. According…
Yesterday, I wrote about a report from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve. It showed that job losses at the start of the pandemic fell disproportionately on…
Administrators at Portland Community College announced today that they have decided to close the Sylvania campus’s diving and swimming pools. The closures will take effect…
Central Michigan University announced last week that it would reduce the amount of on-campus housing it operates next school year. The university has an on-campus…
Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY is facing some hard times. ECC is part of the SUNY system, and is millions of dollars in debt.…
Last week, the Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities voted to consolidate five of the state’s 30 community colleges into one organization. The…
Next week is the 9-year anniversary of Michigan’s right-to-work law. The law, adopted by former governor Rick Snyder, took effect on March 28, 2013. The…
The Department of Labor usually engages in some pretty mundane stuff. Various divisions engage employment data collection, labor law enforcement, worker safety and other similar…