One of the primary drivers of President Biden’s currently derailed student loan forgiveness plan is the size of student loan debt. Right now, 43 million…
Posts published in “Community college affordability”
In 2019, voters in the Ann Arbor Public School District authorized a one billion dollar bond issue to finance capital projects throughout the district. Although…
Washington has gone all out on whipping up bad news for higher education. I’m not talking about the Supreme Court ruling that gutted Affirmative Action,…
Baker College has been part of the Michigan higher education landscape since 1911. The school, which the Higher Learning Commission accredits, offers both undergraduate and…
California community colleges are turning to housing as a way to increase enrollment and improve graduation rates. Community college housing on campus isn’t anything new…
Sinclair Community College announced that it will offer a $2,000 stipend to individuals who sign up to earn a short-term certificate in one of nearly…
Last month, the consulting firm Deloitte published an interesting series on trends in higher education. One trend they cited was the transformation of the business…
Yesterday, I wrote about new data analysis released by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The data, which powers the group’s Equitable Valuation Explorer, shows…
The Oregon State Legislature has adopted a new funding model for its community colleges. It’s… wait for it … performance-based funding! Oregon joins Texas, North…
If you’re looking for additional rationale for applying minimum earnings standards to community college programs, here’s one more. Sixty-two percent of this year’s graduating class…