I was reading an article on the WGBH (Boston) website today about community college enrollment there. In Massachusetts, fall enrollment at the state’s community colleges…
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Michigan community colleges will soon be awash in students, thanks to the CARES-funded Futures for Frontliners program. As of last week, about 70,000 of the…
Last month, I described the concept of intergenerational theft. An activist in Los Angeles uses the term to describe the continuous shifting of resources away…
Fall enrollment is all over the place this year. While some community colleges have seen their enrollment increase, most 2-year institutions have seen their enrollments…
Washtenaw Community College has the sixth-largest total operating revenues among all Michigan community colleges. While generous funding can be a huge potential plus – especially…
Campus construction is a drawn-out process. Building projects can take years to complete. One tricky aspect of a construction project is the funding. A campus…
Yesterday, I looked at how much students pay to attend WCC, and what they get in return from the Trustees. Between 2015 and 2020, WCC…
According to the State of Michigan, it has received more than 60,000 applications for its Futures for Frontliners (F4F) program. The program offers free college…
Since Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the free community college program, more than 40,000 prospective students have signed up. Nine days. (Who knew?) The program, Futures…
Moody’s Investor Service has downgraded McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Cengage Learning to Caa2 – which is, in one word, junk. Three of the four largest college…