According to data published last quarter by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board, US consumers owed $980 billion in revolving debt. Revolving…
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The pandemic has ensured that no one has had a really good year. (Except Eric Yuan.) Nothing has worked out as expected, and 2021 is…
University Business published an interesting opinion piece today on the steps higher education institutions must take to recover from COVID-19. Although the pandemic has made…
On Tuesday, the State of Michigan began taking applications for a free community college program for adults age 25 and up. The program also offered…
California governor Gavin Newsom introduced a proposal that may help repair the community college transfer pipeline. Under Newsom’s “dual admission” plan, students could apply for…
The community college enrollment news is not good. Students and would-be students are staying away in droves amid the pandemic. But the enrollment news is…
Tomorrow, the State of Michigan will begin to accept applications for Michigan Reconnect, a free community college program. The $30M initiative will pay for adult…
Community colleges around the nation are telling similar stories. For most institutions, the pandemic produced significant declines in enrollment. While some previously enrolled students “stopped…
There was an interesting article in Time Magazine earlier this month about the impact of administrative costs on healthcare in the United States. The bottom…
I read an article recently on steps one Illinois community college has taken to support its adult learners. Like many other community colleges, Waubonsee Community…