Yesterday, I wrote about the declining value of a college education. The change in value is a problem for community colleges. I said that propping…
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Attending college has always been thought of as an investment, because historically, earning a college degree meant earning more money. WCC students show up every…
You can easily find information about the declining public investment in higher education. In addition to tuition hikes, universities have increasingly turned to a variety…
Palomar College, in San Marcos is one of California’s 116 community colleges. It hasn’t had a good year. At exactly the same time the COVID-19…
According to the latest figures from the State of Michigan, residents filed more than 40,000 applications for Michigan Reconnect. Michigan Reconnect is the state’s new…
A newly released report from Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Poverty Task Force (PTF) says that 43% of Michigan residents don’t make enough money to get by.…
The tuition Washtenaw Community College students pay does not resemble WCC’s costs to educate them. WCC receives money from a variety of other sources, including…
We will be feeling the effects of the pandemic for years. The latest FAFSA completion data show a major drop in the number of completed…
A recent article in Insider (formerly Business Insider) discussed the impact of “promise” programs on diversity in enrollment. A second piece, an editorial, in the…
About one-third of California community colleges will borrow money from private investors to pay their operating expenses this fiscal year. The institutions will issue Tax…