Earlier today, First Lady Jill Biden made a somber announcement that her vision of “free community college” is dead. Free community college was one of…
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Yesterday, I wrote about the potential dangers of viewing community college academic programs as profit centers. A community does not fund a college to make…
Last November, the administration at Everett Community College in Everett, WA announced that it would close the on-campus daycare center. Currently, the center provides high…
Just as Washtenaw Community College closed its state-licensed childcare center, Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, MA is opening one up. The program will provide drop-in…
The Seattle Community College System (Seattle Colleges) has denied rumors that it will shut one of its campuses in 2023. Earlier this month, the system’s…
Detailed community college enrollment data are coming in, and they show a hard-to-miss pattern. At most community colleges, enrollment is down, attributed to COVID-19. But…
According to a 2020 survey conducted by Gallup, nearly three-fourths of Americans consider themselves part of the middle class. Realistically, however, the middle class has…
The City of Anaheim had a big budget problem last summer. The city normally collects more than $160M annually in hotel taxes. Hotel taxes feed…
If you ask community college administrators what’s causing community college enrollment declines, you may hear COVID-19. Or “the enrollment cliff.” Or both. Realistically, the answer…
The pandemic has made it clear that community colleges have a lot of competition for enrollment. Recent high school graduates are making other plans, leaving…