Earlier this month, the University of Colorado Denver announced that it would face a $12M budget shortfall. The institution is not permitted to run a…
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Bridge Michigan ran an interesting story last week about the City of Ecorse and its efforts to revitalize a former US Steel site. US Steel…
Declining community college enrollment across the nation is no secret. The situation is likely to continue if community colleges do not develop new ways to…
I have written about Austin Community College several times. There is a common theme in the pieces: community college trustees who listen to their community.…
Recently, I have been writing about the dangers community colleges face in maintaining their occupational education programs. A growing lack of qualified instructors means that…
For the last couple of days, I’ve written about the dangers of losing occupational education faculty. It’s happening at community colleges around the country. When…
Yesterday, I wrote about the trend of community colleges losing occupational education faculty to other institutions and the private sector. In some cases, the faculty’s…
Community colleges have suffered enough in the last decade, but it seems they now must navigate shrinking staff levels, too. I have written about this…
Earlier this week, Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA released the results of a community college hiring survey of local employers. The Skills 2024…
The State of Kansas has a problem with its community colleges. It is the same problem that the other forty-nine states have: enrollment. As is…