I’m still thinking about the Business Leaders for Michigan report released last week that analyzes what “we” can do to assist Michigan community colleges. The…
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If community colleges need another reason to re-evaluate their strategy of providing training and education for low-wage work, here it is. Credit card debt is…
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%…
Southeastern Michigan energy company DTE announced yesterday that it will take a coal-fired power plant in Monroe three years earlier than originally planned. In addition…
The saga of Eastern Gateway Community College continues. You may recall that EGCC, in Steubenville, OH, ran afoul of both the US Department of Education…
For the last few days, I have written about the wealth gap, and how it changes based on educational attainment. The Federal Reserve Bank of…
Yesterday, I wrote about the wealth gap as a function of educational attainment. Those households headed by a person with a bachelor’s degree enjoy an…
Earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated an annual study called The State of US Wealth Inequality. (Initially, the St. Louis…
A new Bankrate survey provides more insight into why community colleges should strive to eliminate academic programs that lead to low-wage occupations. According to the…
Since at least 2001, the first year enrollment data are available in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the data on Black students at…