In any given year, WCC takes in a lot of money. The taxpayers very generously overfund the College. Student enrollment is relatively constant. The State…
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At the June WCC Board Meeting, Trustee Ruth Hatcher congratulated the administration for giving the Independent group 1.5% raises. Trustee Hatcher probably assumed that “something-is-better-than-nothing.”…
Recently, WCC announced that it will freeze in-district tuition at $95 per credit hour for the 2020-21 school year. It will follow with a planned…
Community colleges have a well-understood mission of educating the most economically marginalized people in a region. Typically, these local educational resources offer low-cost training for…
Colleges and universities face a difficult decision this year: whether or not to conduct in-person classes for the fall semester. While every institution will determine…
Yesterday, I wrote about WCC’s devotion to certificate programs. So I decided to take a look at what other Michigan community colleges are doing with…
Last summer, the WCC administration outsourced its in-house IT staff. The outsourcing contract requires WCC to make payments of more than $433,000 per month to…
In July 2011, WCC employed 178 full time administrators. By June 30, 2019, that number had mushroomed to 235. The size of the WCC administration…
Recessions are usually diagnosed months after they begin. Economists pronounce a recession only when they see a decline in gross domestic product (GDP) in two…
At the February Board of Trustees meeting, one trustee made an interesting comment regarding transfer students. You can read the transcript here. In this section,…