The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the new unemployment figures this week. Although the national unemployment rate ticked up slightly, it remained under 4% for…
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In January, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her State of the State address to the legislature. Among her plans are to open Michigan’s community colleges…
About a year ago, Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY announced that it had received a grant from semiconductor manufacturer Micron, which is locating a…
Corning will build a $900M solar panel factory in Richland Township in Saginaw County. The project was announced today and comes about as the result…
Last week, the Biden Administration announced a $24M funding opportunity for community colleges, trade unions, and labor management partnerships to create training and education opportunities…
Real estate website Zillow has more than a passing interests in people’s migration habits, so it should surprise no one that Zillow took on the…
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…
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…