A new study by Purdue University researchers reveals that money can buy happiness. In Michigan, happiness runs about $95,000 per year. If happiness is a…
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I’ve written about Erie Community College in the recent past. ECC is a three-campus college in and around Buffalo, New York. ECC is the smallest…
I have written about the prospect of expanding the Washtenaw Community College District before. WCC’s current enrollment splits almost equally between in-district and out-of-district students.…
Barton Community College in Great Bend, KS is learning a tough lesson. The community college has seventy-five open positions, some of which have been open…
More than a million Michigan residents have “some college, no degree.” That means 13.6% of the state’s adult population started but never finished college. Nearly…
In the last several posts, I’ve written about new data regarding the differences between those who finish college and those who don’t. Knowing who doesn’t…
I’ve written a lot about revenue-backed bonds, WCC’s choice for obligating Washtenaw County taxpayers without actually asking them. But there is real danger in revenue-backed…
The Kenosha Unified School District has problems. In the next two years, the district expects to lose 1,10 students. More immediately, though, it expects to…
Recently, I read an interesting report on the state of higher education in Canada. While there are some structural differences, the Canadian higher education system…
I read a column yesterday about the conflict between the cost of daycare and the wages daycare workers earn. The author wrote in the context…