Attending college has always been thought of as an investment, because historically, earning a college degree meant earning more money. WCC students show up every…
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Today’s news is filled with stories about the enrollment declines at community colleges. The pandemic has chased students away from two-year colleges in large numbers.…
Muskegon Community College trustees voted yesterday to accept an offer of $1.17M for the college’s Fitness Center. The building, which MCC purchased in 2015, has…
You can easily find information about the declining public investment in higher education. In addition to tuition hikes, universities have increasingly turned to a variety…
According to the Michigan Fitness Club Association, the state could lose 20% of its current fitness center facilities by 2022. The pandemic has taken a…
Palomar College, in San Marcos is one of California’s 116 community colleges. It hasn’t had a good year. At exactly the same time the COVID-19…
A newly released report from Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Poverty Task Force (PTF) says that 43% of Michigan residents don’t make enough money to get by.…
If you look at the annual budget for WCC – or any other community college – you’ll find that it has multiple revenue sources. Local…
The tuition Washtenaw Community College students pay does not resemble WCC’s costs to educate them. WCC receives money from a variety of other sources, including…
A recent article in Insider (formerly Business Insider) discussed the impact of “promise” programs on diversity in enrollment. A second piece, an editorial, in the…