You may never have heard of Tompkins Cortland Community College before. It’s in Dryden, NY – about 10 miles northeast of Ithaca, and about 40…
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Amid a deteriorating financial situation, the Board of Trustees at the Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, NM have adopted an emergency financial plan. According to…
Yesterday, I wrote about community colleges in Oregon, New York, and Pennsylvania that are struggling with shifting funding models, declining enrollment, and challenges with maintaining…
The end of the federal government’s COVID-19 relief funds means that administrators are looking to make community college budget cuts. The cuts, which community college…
I’ve written about this in the past, but it’s something that bears repeating. The WCC Board of Trustees isn’t representative of the population of Washtenaw…
Prior to 1994, Michigan did not have property tax caps. Until then, a property’s State Equalized Value (SEV) served as the basis for taxed property.…
The recent announcements of employee layoffs in the largest technology companies have also been followed by announcements of reductions in executive compensation. It’s easy to…
Staffing has become a challenge for some community colleges. In the recent past, they have lost staff to layoffs, attrition, and retirements. Their instructors have…
Bridge Michigan recently published an article regarding the college enrollment rate of Michigan high school seniors in the Class of 2022. The percentage of graduates…
Three new bills circulating in the New Jersey state legislature aim to increase the transparency of university finances. They also aim to increase the accountability…