Community college administrators have been content with the knowledge that their classrooms fill when the economy tanks. Sadly, nothing is as simple as it looks.…
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Earlier this year, the Brookings Institution published an in-depth study of economic mobility characteristics among socioeconomically disadvantaged young people. In it, researchers used data to…
For the last couple of days, I’ve been writing about working women, and how the pandemic has affected them. During the pandemic, a lot of…
California’s steep decline in community college enrollment is still making news. Since the Great Recession, California’s two-year colleges have shed nearly a million students. Administrators…
The University of Wisconsin has announced that it will cease offering degree programs at its Richland Center campus. The decision raises an issue regarding the…
Newly published MIT research shows the impact of automation on less educated workers. According to Daron Acemoglu, a professor of Labor Economics at MIT, automation…
Earlier this month, I wrote about the possibility of a looming correction in housing prices. Analysts from Goldman Sachs and Moody’s suggested that housing prices…
According to a recent survey by the Employers’ Association, a Grand Rapids based non-profit, wages in West Michigan rose by more than 5% in 2022.…
A recent article in EdSource provides a deep dive into the pandemic’s effects on California’s community colleges. California’s community college system has 115 campuses around…
Keeping tuition and fees low has taken on a new importance. With interest rates rising steadily, students who borrow to finance their educations (or to…