Recently, I have written about the performance-based funding model that the State of Texas has recently adopted for its community colleges. The model puts nearly…
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A new report issued last month by the Lumina Foundation shows that while the number of adults in the United States who have a post-secondary…
Recently, several community colleges and community college systems have announced that they intend to reduce staff and faculty through involuntary separations. Some colleges and systems…
New salary data gathered by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey explains a few things about the value of various levels of educational attainment. Understanding…
A new report from the University of Wisconsin-Madison examines the differences in lifetime earnings based on educational attainment in that state. According to the data,…
Earlier this week, White House adviser Neera Tanden advised community colleges to be ready for the work that is to come. Speaking at the American…
Effective January 1, the schools in the San Diego Community College District will pay all permanent, full-time employees a minimum of $30.58 per hour. The…
There are so many reasons community colleges need to provide a pathway to high demand, high wage jobs. Unfortunately, the data from Michigan show that…
Last summer, I wrote about the need for the Michigan Reconnect program to demand real value from Michigan’s community colleges. Rather than focusing on workforce…