According to the National Center for Education Statistics, US colleges and universities now spend nearly as much money on administration as they do on instruction.…
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Under a deal the US Congress approved last month, Michigan colleges and universities will collectively receive $66M in federal aid. The money was allocated in…
A recent survey of university and college presidents provides a look at higher education institutions’ COVID19 response. The survey included feedback from 142 executives from…
Most of Michigan’s community colleges have struggled with declining enrollment for most of the last decade. While there are different ways to measure an institution’s…
WCC has waited a long time to complete repairs to the Morris Lawrence Building. Recently, CFO Bill Johnson announced that WCC would use reserve cash…
The State of Maine reported last fall that its community college enrollment increased for the first time in five years. Maine is not alone in…
Yesterday’s post discussed “burn rate” and the CFO’s unwillingness to disclose how much the College is spending each month. My point was that when Trustees…
This exchange regarding burn rate took place between Trustee Richard Landau and WCC Chief Financial Officer Bill Johnson at the March 31, 2020 WCC Board…
A 2018 Association of Community College Trustees survey shows that community college trustees have little in common with community college students. This includes everything from…
“I have a comment that’s not particular to this policy, but as I was looking through online at our policies, which is what the public…