Trustees at the Laramie County Community College in Laramie, WY have decided to close the school’s auto body repair program. The Trustees based their decision…
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A report from the State of California shines a new light on the struggles of student parents at the community college level. Using data from…
A secret recording landed the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) on the front page of the New York Times . The recording of a DIA…
For the past year, we have (understandably) been focused on the pandemic. Its impact has sent shockwaves through the economy in ways we could not…
On Monday, the State of Michigan announced that it had received more than 62,000 applications for the Michigan Reconnect program. That smashed the State’s initial…
The pandemic has turned a lot of things upside down. In the last year, COVID-19 has challenged us all in one way or another. As…
I read an article a few weeks ago about a town in Colorado that’s counting on its community college to save it. While that sounds…
Academic Influence released its first-ever ranking of US community colleges, and WCC ranked near the bottom of community colleges in Michigan. Personally, I don’t put…
The possibility of a “recovery” from COVID-19 in Washtenaw County is exciting. It will also require a lot of work, especially on WCC’s part. The…
Although the Biden administration has not come up with a student loan strategy yet, free community college may give two-year institutions the handicap they’re looking…