Income inequality is quickly becoming one of those subjects not discussed in polite conversation. But it should be. According to the Pew Research Center, between…
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It seems like such a simple statement: when you remove barriers to enrollment, students enroll. Likewise, when you remove barriers to completion, students graduate. When…
According to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, more than 85,000 Michiganders have applied to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Futures for Frontliners program. In…
A recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows the impact of COVID-19 on higher education enrollment. According to the data, while four-year…
Using data collected from WalletHub, today Stacker released its student loan debt rankings by state. Michigan ranked 9th overall, meaning that our college students carry…
A shocking side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in the September jobs report. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US workforce lost…
I was reading an article on the WGBH (Boston) website today about community college enrollment there. In Massachusetts, fall enrollment at the state’s community colleges…
Fall enrollment is all over the place this year. While some community colleges have seen their enrollment increase, most 2-year institutions have seen their enrollments…
Campus construction is a drawn-out process. Building projects can take years to complete. One tricky aspect of a construction project is the funding. A campus…
Yesterday, I looked at how much students pay to attend WCC, and what they get in return from the Trustees. Between 2015 and 2020, WCC…