Former Michigan Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon resigned abruptly in January. His resignation followed the lifting of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s 75-day executive order…
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One of the justifications that the WCC Administration has given for closing the WCC Children’s Center is that few students use the service. In fact,…
Earlier this month, the WCC Administration pulled the plug on the Children’s Center. They announced the closure at the Spring Trustee Retreat, which was news…
I am receiving an increasing amount of feedback regarding the closure of WCC’s Children’s Center. That’s nice. I’m glad people are paying attention. I’m not…
A year and a half ago, I wrote a piece about how hard it is to communicate with the WCC Board of Trustees. The Trustees…
In her presentation to the WCC Board of Trustees, Executive Vice President Linda Blakey said several times that student choice drove the drop in usage…
At the Spring WCC Board Retreat, the WCC administration announced its plan to close the Children’s Center. The new WCC Master Plan puts WTMC in…
In the WCC Trustees’ most recent Spring Retreat, the WCC Administration announced that it would be permanently closing the Children’s Center. Executive Vice President Linda…
WCC has permanently closed the Children’s Center, the college’s on-campus childcare facility. Prior to COVID-19, the service operated on campus continuously since 1968. Like all…
According to figures from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), about one in three women who attend a public two-year institution have children that…