Earlier this week, the Trustees of Muskegon Community College voted unanimously to raise tuition by 4% for the 2020-21 school year. The tuition increase will…
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Many colleges and universities have already written off the Spring/Summer semester. For its part, WCC has announced that it will offer an online-only semester. The…
A recent report highlights the disconnection between higher education facilities construction and enrollment trends. According to the 7th annual State of the Facilities in Higher…
Last fall, Moody’s Investors Service issued a negative outlook for higher education. That assessment was the second consecutive downgrade for higher education. The MIS outlook…
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, US community college spend 42% of their budget on instruction. In a recent Board meeting, WCC CFO…
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, US colleges and universities now spend nearly as much money on administration as they do on instruction.…
Under a deal the US Congress approved last month, Michigan colleges and universities will collectively receive $66M in federal aid. The money was allocated in…
Most of Michigan’s community colleges have struggled with declining enrollment for most of the last decade. While there are different ways to measure an institution’s…
A 2018 Association of Community College Trustees survey shows that community college trustees have little in common with community college students. This includes everything from…