While economic recessions are not welcome events, they’re also not bad for community colleges. Typical recessions drive enrollment higher as displaced workers retrain, and high…
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Very few (if any) community colleges in Michigan have not laid off employees, or cut budgets and programs in response to the pandemic. But how…
There is a disturbing trend developing around debt incurred by publicly funded institutions. In short, the pandemic has financially destabilized publicly funded institutions that are…
A recent article in the Washington Post shines light on the impact of higher ed layoffs. In most cases, those employees who lose their jobs…
As the health and fitness industry struggles to re-invent itself, another fitness operator has declared bankruptcy. YouFit Health Clubs, which operates 85 locations in 10…
When people make 5-year plans, or master plans, they don’t plan for the worst. No one plans to get hit by a hurricane, or that…
The 2019 American Communities Survey from the US Census Bureau shows that poverty takes a toll on certain households. 40.7% of households in Michigan headed…
Trustees at Western Michigan University exercised some actual oversight today by voting to end WMU’s affiliation with Cooley Law School in 2023. In the past…
Who voters place on the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees is more important than ever. A perfect storm is forming around higher education, and…
Recently, I ran across an article on a website called CounterPunch, which offered a familiar litany of complaints about higher education. The author’s ultimate question…