A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about planned layoffs at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, OR. The cuts result from several factors, including declining…
Posts published in “Community college affordability”
Yesterday, I wrote about proposed changes to the governance structure of community colleges in North Carolina. If adopted, the State Legislature will play a more…
For the past several years, one ongoing conversation about higher education has focused on the declining enrollment at the nation’s community colleges. For reasons that…
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of banking giant JP Morgan Chase, says that raising wages and closing the skills gap are the two most promising paths…
Yesterday, I wrote about the Department of Education’s latest pass at a gainful employment mandate. The next step in reviving the rule is the release…
Labor union contract negotiations are always interesting. This year, the negotiations at WCC are likely to be even more interesting. Last week, Michigan became the…
All eyes are on the economy, as the Fed raised interest rates for the ninth consecutive time today. Overall unemployment is low at 3.4%. Currently,…
I read an interesting article today about the ongoing struggle to find CPA students in Minnesota. The accounting profession, it seems, has been given a…
Holding a Board of Trustees meeting in a room with no heat apparently gets the maintenance money moving. At least, that’s what happened earlier this…
Yesterday, I wrote about Hawkeye Community College and an administrative presentation to the HCC Board of Trustees. The presentation was supposed to explain why enrollment…