Last month, the WCC Board of Trustees handed the students a 4% tuition increase. At the same time, the taxpayers of Washtenaw County handed WCC…
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Earlier today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and US Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo announced that Michigan has landed a new hydrogen plant. Norway’s Nel Hydrogen will…
Yesterday, the Hechinger Report published a story about the plight of students who transfer from a community college to a university. The widely syndicated story…
Consulting firm McKinsey & Company released a new analysis of the US higher education landscape last month. Their conclusions give new perspective to the “enrollment…
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…
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 ran across a news item yesterday that said Austin Community College trustees voted against raising student tuition for the tenth year in a row.…
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…
Last week, the American Federation of Teachers’ local 1521, which represents the faculty members of the Los Angeles Community College District, announced that the union…