The Michigan Reconnect program provides free community college tuition for adult learners without a degree over the age of 25. The program is based on…
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Yesterday, I wrote about community college affordability for low-income students. The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) released new data earlier this month that examined the…
New data released by the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) shows that 6 out of 10 low-income students could not afford to remain enrolled in…
Last week, we received a mass mail piece from WCC’s Health and Fitness Center offering a deal on membership. The Health and Fitness Center has…
The WCC Administration will be the first to tell you that they need more money. If you looked more closely at that claim, you might…
The subject of fees came up once again at the WCC Board of Trustees Spring Retreat. You could forgive someone for believing that a “technology…
Time and time again, the WCC Administration has complained that the enrollment at WCC will drop due to a decline in the number of college-age…
There is a long list of things that the WCC Board of Trustees does not provide. Authentic oversight probably sits in the number one slot.…
Oversight is probably the single most important function a Board of Trustees provides. In WCC’s case, there is literally no oversight. The current WCC Board…
The taxpayers of Washtenaw County are in an unusual situation. They elect the WCC Board of Trustees to provide oversight over the extraordinarily generous property…