Whoever thought it was a good idea to virtually eliminate the WCC maintenance budget isn’t doing the institution any favors. The old saying, “Penny wise…
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2022 wasn’t any better for community college enrollment than 2021 was. Or 2020, for that matter. It is easy to see the steep decline in…
I have written about Austin Community College several times. There is a common theme in the pieces: community college trustees who listen to their community.…
Recently, I have been writing about the dangers community colleges face in maintaining their occupational education programs. A growing lack of qualified instructors means that…
Community colleges have suffered enough in the last decade, but it seems they now must navigate shrinking staff levels, too. I have written about this…
Earlier this week, Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA released the results of a community college hiring survey of local employers. The Skills 2024…
Yesterday, the University of California Irvine announced that a UCI researcher received $3.6M to study the effectiveness of community college programs. The research will focus…
In the past several years, there’s been a lot of hand wringing about the state of community college enrollment. Somewhat ironically, it’s being done by…
A new report authored by the American Association of Community Colleges and Harvard Business School shows a growing disagreement between employers and two-year colleges regarding…
And there it is. While everyone’s wringing their hands about community college enrollment and dreaming up ways to make community college attendance even cheaper, the…