At a recent Board Meeting, WCC Trustees accepted the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. This year’s budget is somewhat smaller than previous years,…
Posts published in “Technical education”
Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards authorized a grant program that eliminates tuition for high-demand technical and occupational degrees. The program, which will be available next…
Yesterday, I wrote about the need for WCC to shift its approach to recruiting students. The WCC administration has identified the decline in the high-school…
President Biden’s newly announced infrastructure deal will create thousands of jobs. In addition, about a quarter of today’s infrastructure workforce is heading into retirement. Analysts…
A recent opinion piece in Forbes questions the need for free community college. The claims that community college affordability eliminates the need for free tuition.…
There is a lot of talk about free community college. Many states have even adopted some form of it as part of their economic recovery…
Data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that community college enrollments accounted for 65% of all higher education enrollment declines in 2020. Overall,…
Current data on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) show that fewer students are seeking financial aid. That’s not a good sign for…
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional US birth rate data for 2020. According to the report, the fertility rate was…
A recent article in the Hechinger Report details the difficulty that the construction sector has in finding employees. I’m not talking about residential home construction…