Last week, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System released its annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED). The report reflects data…
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If community colleges were serious about taking care of the communities that fund them, they’d be developing a large number of programs that lead to…
Last week, the Eastern Gateway Community College Board of Trustees announced that it would extend its dissolution plan to October 31, 2024. Ostensibly, the extension…
Last week, the Michigan legislature stuck a fork in Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s plans for free community college for all graduating high school seniors. Whitmer’s plan…
It’s May 13, and we’re inching ever closer to May 31, which is D-Day for Eastern Gateway Community College. As it becomes ever clearer that…
I read an opinion piece recently that advocated for the passage of the “workforce Pell” bill. The bill, which is stuck in the House of…
For a long time, I have said that most community college degrees do not provide enough income for their recipients. The low average income of…
The age requirements that the Michigan Legislature dropped last year for the Michigan Reconnect program will expire later this year. That means 21-year-old applicants will…
Washtenaw Community College announced this week that it will not raise tuition for in-district students. The in-person tuition rate will remain $99 per credit hour,…
The Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education and Community Colleges does not appear to support Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to make community colleges free…