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…
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All things considered, the FY2021 WCC budget paints a decent revenue picture. While many community colleges around the nation struggle with massive cuts to state…
Yesterday, I wrote that the Washtenaw Community College Administration has effectively abandoned the campus buildings by allocating only $300,000 to the maintenance budget. Minimalism might…
First, let us thank you – the Washtenaw County taxpayers – for your generous support of WCC in the March 10 election. Your overwhelming approval…
A couple of days ago, I published five things that voters should consider when selecting the WCC Trustees in this year’s General Election. In reality,…
Recently, I was looking at income data, and ran across a few tables that show the distribution of income and wealth. There are many ways…
Voters will send three candidates to the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees in the November 3, 2020 General Election. WCC Trustees will determine the…
I was reading an article on the WGBH (Boston) website today about community college enrollment there. In Massachusetts, fall enrollment at the state’s community colleges…
Michigan community colleges will soon be awash in students, thanks to the CARES-funded Futures for Frontliners program. As of last week, about 70,000 of the…
Higher education institutions have limited options for funding construction projects. Most often, they issue bonds and repay them over 20-30 years. In the last few…