I’ve written extensively about the Washtenaw Community College administration’s inability to control its spending. For example, last month I showed that the institution’s administrative costs…
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MLive recently had an interesting article on the impact of poverty on COVID-19 cases in Washtenaw County. I’ve been looking at how tuition increases impact…
The WCC Administration has shown significant interest in real estate development. That’s nice, but WCC is a community college. It is not – and should…
According to the State of Michigan, it has received more than 60,000 applications for its Futures for Frontliners (F4F) program. The program offers free college…
If this were Jeopardy!, the clue would be, “The most important question WCC Trustees aren’t asking.” Among the other questions that WCC Trustees aren’t asking,…
A growing number of community colleges have announced that they will continue to deliver courses online through mid-2021. Online instruction makes sense for most classes.…
Since Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the free community college program, more than 40,000 prospective students have signed up. Nine days. (Who knew?) The program, Futures…
The pandemic has shifted the view on a lot of things on college campuses. At WCC, someone should be asking hard questions about whether or…
The idea of free community college generates a lot of debate. Until last week in Michigan, outside of a few limited “promise” programs, free community…
A legislator in the State of Washington introduced a bill earlier this year that would restrict administrative bloat at the state’s public higher education institutions.…