Bridge Michigan ran the Michigan Community College Association’s “rebuttal” of sorts to the Business Leaders for Michigan report, which the group released last week. I’m…
Posts published in “Michigan Reconnect”
One of the community college recommendations in the Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) report is the creation of a state agency to support community colleges.…
WCC isn’t the only community college having difficulty getting people into its classrooms via the Michigan Reconnect program. According to the State of Michigan, only…
Yesterday, I wrote about the competition for students that schools are engaged in. The competition isn’t so much between themselves as it is with the…
High demand in the labor market will increase pressure on higher education institutions that are hoping to increase their fall enrollment. Unemployment remained under 4%…
The Oregon State Legislature has adopted a new funding model for its community colleges. It’s… wait for it … performance-based funding! Oregon joins Texas, North…
The Brookings Institution just published a piece on reversing college enrollment declines. It quoted a March poll published in the Wall Street Journal that found…
Bridge Michigan published an interesting piece on the declining enrollment in Michigan’s colleges and universities. According to the article, enrollment declines at Michigan’s colleges and…
On Wednesday, the US Department of Education released the much-awaited “gainful employment rules.” The new rules will determine program-specific eligibility for federal financial aid. First…
If you want a visual explanation of why community college enrollment is tanking, look no farther than The HEA Group’s analysis of US Department of…