Last week, I wrote about the Strada Educational Foundation report that analyzed community college student outcomes. The underlying survey delved into the experiences of more…
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What a difference a day – or a year – makes. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the labor force participation rates for August last…
Community college graduates who develop certain key skills while attending school earn more than students who don’t. Emphasizing skill acquisition can lead to an earning…
Community colleges in the San Francisco area are taking a cooperative approach to tackling the “AI problem.” What employers in the area view as a…
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Pittsburgh? If you said “coal” or “steel” you haven’t been to Pittsburgh lately.…
Michigan is looking for people to fill its college classrooms. The state’s goal is to increase the number of residents who have 60 college credits…
Yesterday, I wrote about the vast and growing number of post-secondary credentials available in the United States. Today, there are nearly 1.1 million discrete credentials,…
It’s no secret that community colleges are in some kind of trouble. The model for these institutions, which Congress initially developed in 1917, was a…
Michigan’s manufacturing industries have often been unkind to the environment. Our pleasant peninsulas may collectively be known as the Great Lakes State, but we’re not…
One Ann Arbor higher education institution is doing its part to grow the semiconductor workforce here. It’s not Washtenaw Community College, but at least someone’s…