Inside Higher Education published an interesting write-up of the decline in post-secondary enrollment in the US. Last week, the Lumina Foundation and Gallup held a…
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Enrollment declines are nothing new at the community college level. Enrollment has been dropping for more than a decade. But how will community colleges fare…
There’s been a lot of handwringing about the birth rate and what it means for college enrollment in the coming years. The year-over-year birth rate…
If you need more reasons to believe that the WCC administration should encourage students to seek associate degrees, look at the US Census Bureau’s Week…
Yesterday, I wrote about proposed changes to the governance structure of community colleges in North Carolina. If adopted, the State Legislature will play a more…
Last fall, Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) announced a new two-year degree program – Water Quality Environmental Technology. The program will prepare students to work in…
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…
The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) has released its Spring 2023 enrollment figures. Among the state’s 48 community college campuses, 39 of them saw year-over-year…
Although the Biden Administration has long made free community college a talking point, there’s another (related) point that’s starting to get some attention. “Free degree”…