Standard & Poor’s provides analysis and information for investors in specific industries. Recently, it released ratings information on community colleges for bond investors . The…
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Yesterday, I wrote about City College’s $845M bond issue to repair its neglected campus infrastructure. I pointed out that the payback on the bond issue…
Voters in San Francisco authorized a bond issue of $845M earlier this year for City College of San Francisco. The money will repair and rehabilitate…
I was reading an article recently about the long-term harms of structural deficits . The article focused on the budget for the City of Los…
Researchers at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville concluded that the state’s “Tennessee Promise” program, increases community college enrollment substantially. The program, which offers free…
The Obama Administration instituted a regulation that judged institutions by measuring the employability of its graduates. The controversial rule threatened to defund institutions that could…
Moody’s Investor Service has downgraded McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Cengage Learning to Caa2 – which is, in one word, junk. Three of the four largest college…
Earlier this year – before everything turned upside down – I wrote about WCC’s affordability. At the time, the Administration was pushing a $10-per-credit-hour “facilities…
So, about once a week, someone writes an article about “the 10 best community colleges.” This week, it was Wallet Hub’s turn. Unlike most articles,…
Yesterday, I wrote about new construction and why it’s not a good idea – right now, or for the foreseeable future. WCC has a lot…