A report released yesterday by Opportunity@Work suggests that half of the US workforce has experienced downward mobility as a result of not having a bachelor’s…
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Earlier this week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the State of Michigan would invest $365M into affordable childcare programs. Part of that investment included one-time…
A couple of months ago, I wrote about the inability of community college administrators to understand or appreciate the ungentle art of competition. I wrote…
Real wages – increases in income minus inflation – provide a revealing look at why community college enrollment is dropping. And until the “real wage…
Most college-age students have only limited experience with inflation. Inflation is the term that describes a decrease in consumer purchasing power over time. Another way…
A Massachusetts community college has partnered with its local YMCA to offer free drop-in childcare to its staff and students. Northern Essex Community College, which…
A new study by the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation found that childcare issues caused parents in Texas to leave the workforce, drop out of…
New York University researchersreleased a study last month showing that a parent’s job insecurity in a child’s first six years of life has a profound…
It doesn’t take long to see the impact of the pandemic on local businesses. The rising demand for labor coincides with a labor shortage, meaning…
San Joaquin Delta College, $3.6M. Wallace State Community College, $600,000. Bergen Community College, $5M. San Diego Community College District, $3.9M. Hudson County Community College, $4.9M.…