Most college administrators who wring their hands and fret about the “enrollment cliff,” fail to grasp one key point. Generation Z high school students look…
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Eastern Michigan University and its faculty are in the process of negotiating a new faculty contract. EMU’s contract with the EMU-AAUP expired on August 31.…
A new law, signed in July by New Jersey governor Phil Murphy, could indicate a new accountability trend in higher education. New Jersey Assembly Bill…
Declining enrollment isn’t just a localized problem for colleges and universities around the state. It’s a problem for the state itself. Fewer college graduates compromise…
A new assessment of Michigan’s childcare landscape shows that more than 54,000 children aged 0-5 are waiting for daycare. Washtenaw County is one of three…
Earlier this month, the State of Michigan held the 5th annual Occupational Outlook Conference, a review of long-term employment projection for the state. One outcome…
Enrollment at the nation’s community college has been declining for about a decade. Historically, community colleges have served students from lower income households. More recently,…
Colorado did something interesting in 2020. Its legislators passed an employment transparency law requiring employers to disclose their intended pay rates for job openings they…
A couple of days ago, I wrote about the effective decrease in instructional spending at WCC due to inflation. Since 2015, WCC’s spending on instruction…
Yesterday, I wrote about the change in instructional spending at WCC between 2015 and present. When accounting for inflation, funding for instruction has decreased by…