A growing number of community colleges will implement mandatory vaccination policies for students and staff who return to campus. The move is an effort to…
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In the last few days, I’ve written about student housing. I have focused on it in part because WCC’s Master Plan includes a hotel. A…
Yesterday, I wrote about a change in Illinois state law that now allows community colleges to build affordable housing intended for low-income students. Prior to…
Last month, lawmakers in Illinois passed a law that enables the state’s community colleges to build and own affordable housing for their students. Prior to…
Here’s another reason to institute mandatory COVID-19 vaccines on community college campuses this fall. Earlier this week, Joe Garcia, chancellor of the Colorado Community College…
Earlier this year, I wrote about the proposed-and-failed sale of the FMCC Dorms in Johnstown, NY. Fulton-Montgomery Community College is part of the State of…
Yesterday, I wrote about a fitness center (actually two) that the College of San Mateo built with bond funding. The issue for San Mateo voters…
In 2005, voters in San Mateo County, CA approved a $468M bond issue. In California, taxing authorities must be explicit about what they intend to…
Everyone thinks they know Murphy’s Law. If you ask someone to cite it, chances are good that they’ll say, “Anything that can go wrong will…
Last month, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded a debt issue of Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ) from Ba1 to Ba2. The change in the school’s credit rating…









