Yesterday, I wrote about the median and mean incomes in Ypsilanti, and how those figures both exceed the average earning potential for a WCC graduate.…
Posts published in “Economic development”
According to a recent White House Council of Economic Advisors analysis, artificial intelligence will impact the employment of as much as 10% of the current…
In 2022, I wrote about the outsized representation that the City of Ann Arbor has on the WCC Board of Trustees. Six out of the…
Newly released data from the National Student Clearinghouse shows an increase in the number of Americans who have some college, no degree (SCND). Despite substantial…
In 2003, Ann Arbor voters approved – by a 2:1 margin – a 30-year tax to create a “green belt” around the City of Ann…
Yesterday, I wrote about analysis from the most recent SHED report by the US Federal Reserve. In the report, the Fed data show that Americans…
Yesterday, I wrote about the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED). The “SHED report” is the Fed’s annual effort to take…
A new study by centrist think tank Third Way draws some interesting conclusions about the way the American public sees higher education. It’s safe to…
A new Harris poll conducted for and published by The Guardian shows that 56% of Americans believe the US economy is in a recession. (It’s…
One of the most interesting (and not in a good way) paradoxes about the current economy is the rising number of loan and credit card…