California’s steep decline in community college enrollment is still making news. Since the Great Recession, California’s two-year colleges have shed nearly a million students. Administrators…
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Yesterday, I wrote about the origins of workforce development, and the apparent damage it has done to the middle class. Workforce development isn’t the only…
I read a recent interview published in Time Magazine with Beverly Walker-Griffea, who is the president of Mott Community College in Flint. The interview raised…
A new report by the Brookings Institution illustrates what it says is one significant driver of college costs. The report pertains to universities – more…
As if community colleges didn’t have enough trouble attracting students, they now have to contend with online degrees from MasterClass. MasterClass bills itself as “……
College affordability is a primary factor in a high school student’s decision to take classes after high school. A report issued earlier this year by…
Colorado did something interesting in 2020. Its legislators passed an employment transparency law requiring employers to disclose their intended pay rates for job openings they…
A couple of days ago, I wrote about the effective decrease in instructional spending at WCC due to inflation. Since 2015, WCC’s spending on instruction…
I’ve written about the cautionary tale that Eastern Gateway Community College offers. EGCC cooked up a deal with the AFSCME to provide “free” tuition to…
The Michigan Court of Claims handed the State of Michigan a loss last week that was nearly four years in the making. Mothering Justice, et.…