Earlier this year, the WCC Administration made the unfortunate decision to close The Children’s Center, the on-campus childcare center. WCC’s substitute plan is to pay…
Posts published in “Community college affordability”
Yesterday, I wrote about the need for WCC to shift its approach to recruiting students. The WCC administration has identified the decline in the high-school…
President Biden’s newly announced infrastructure deal will create thousands of jobs. In addition, about a quarter of today’s infrastructure workforce is heading into retirement. Analysts…
A recent opinion piece in Forbes questions the need for free community college. The claims that community college affordability eliminates the need for free tuition.…
There is a lot of talk about free community college. Many states have even adopted some form of it as part of their economic recovery…
Data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that community college enrollments accounted for 65% of all higher education enrollment declines in 2020. Overall,…
Yesterday, I wrote about the need for WCC to better recruit graduating high school seniors. One reason is that some recent high school graduates (most…
Current data on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) show that fewer students are seeking financial aid. That’s not a good sign for…
Ivy Tech Community College -the statewide community college system in Indiana – recently adopted a block tuition model for full-time students. The system will charge…
Earlier this week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a $1.4B proposal to improve access to affordable childcare. The funding for the proposal will come from the…