Last November, the administration at Everett Community College in Everett, WA announced that it would close the on-campus daycare center. Currently, the center provides high…
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Last month, Ohio governor Mike DeWine announced Intel’s commitment to build a new computer chip manufacturing facility near Columbus. The state offered nearly $2B in…
Just as Washtenaw Community College closed its state-licensed childcare center, Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, MA is opening one up. The program will provide drop-in…
The effort to recover from the pandemic has exposed an interesting phenomenon: the assertion that people are dropping out of the labor force. Supporting this…
On Monday, the US Department of Education weighed in on Eastern Gateway Community College in Steubenville, OH. In short, Ed is not amused by EGCC’s…
Earlier this week, Swisher Commercial released the 2021 year-end vacancy report for commercial space in the Ann Arbor area. As you might imagine, there’s a…
According to a 2020 survey conducted by Gallup, nearly three-fourths of Americans consider themselves part of the middle class. Realistically, however, the middle class has…
The City of Anaheim had a big budget problem last summer. The city normally collects more than $160M annually in hotel taxes. Hotel taxes feed…
Earlier this week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the State of Michigan would invest $365M into affordable childcare programs. Part of that investment included one-time…
A couple of months ago, I wrote about the inability of community college administrators to understand or appreciate the ungentle art of competition. I wrote…









