I ran across a news item yesterday that said Austin Community College trustees voted against raising student tuition for the tenth year in a row.…
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According to employment data released last week, Washtenaw County’s unemployment rate remained constant at 3.5%. That’s slightly better than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.3%…
In the last couple of posts, I have written about the state of community college education, and why the current approach to career and transfer…
Yesterday, I wrote about community college education in Michigan, and which degree programs attract the majority of students. Today, I will look at the relative…
Statewide examinations of community colleges are revealing factors that limit the institutions’ success. The audits identify major gaps in oversight, misspending, and strategy, all of…
Education researchers have touted microcredentials as the next big thing in post-secondary education, but a new survey of more than 500 employers indicates that they…
Late last year, the Kansas state legislature earmarked $45M to help address maintenance neglect on the campuses of the state universities in Kansas. There’s nothing…
Earlier this month, California legislators announced a plan to retract funding from California State University campuses that are losing enrollment. The legislature would then distribute…
2022 wasn’t any better for community college enrollment than 2021 was. Or 2020, for that matter. It is easy to see the steep decline in…
Yesterday, I wrote about the Michigan Achievement Scholarship and the framing that WCC uses for the offering. In the most recent issue of “On the…