Yesterday, I wrote about the change in instructional spending at WCC between 2015 and present. When accounting for inflation, funding for instruction has decreased by…
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Inflation has been front-and-center since it began its uncomfortable upward climb in March 2021. Rising inflation definitely takes a bite out of the average paycheck.…
The Trustees of the Austin Community College District will place a $770M bond issue on the ballot in November. If approved, the funds will allow…
Yesterday, I wrote about the drivers of the cost of a college education. The cost of attendance has risen by nearly 250% over the past…
I ran across an interesting item recently on why going to college has become so expensive. Fundamentally, there are many contributors to the cost of…
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the employment numbers for the month of July. They were – in a word -hot. According…
A new study of American attitudes toward college education shows that slightly less than half of Americans think the benefits of a college education outweigh…
For 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is very bullish on alternative energy. That provides an opportunity for community colleges to fill in some…
If you look at the news, you’ll see an increasing amount of chatter about the possibility of recession. Recessions are a normal part of the…
Wolverine, a Rockford, MI company that makes work clothing, commissioned a study of high school students earlier this year. The results are …. Interesting. The…