Today’s news is filled with stories about the enrollment declines at community colleges. The pandemic has chased students away from two-year colleges in large numbers.…
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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 new report released last week by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities correlates increased student loan debt with decreased state higher education funding.…
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…
Governor Gretchen Whitmer introduced her proposed state budget this morning, and included $180M for free community college programs. Granted, the proposed budget is a long…
I’ve written about the potential of expanding the Washtenaw Community College district before. The most likely expansion target is Livingston County. Nearly half of students…
New York’s community colleges will be eliminating administrators and staff to manage $35M in proposed budget cuts this year. The same institutions will cut an…
University Business published an interesting opinion piece today on the steps higher education institutions must take to recover from COVID-19. Although the pandemic has made…
On Tuesday, the State of Michigan began taking applications for a free community college program for adults age 25 and up. The program also offered…
The community college enrollment news is not good. Students and would-be students are staying away in droves amid the pandemic. But the enrollment news is…