The effort to recover from the pandemic has exposed an interesting phenomenon: the assertion that people are dropping out of the labor force. Supporting this…
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Earlier this week, Swisher Commercial released the 2021 year-end vacancy report for commercial space in the Ann Arbor area. As you might imagine, there’s a…
Earlier this week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the State of Michigan would invest $365M into affordable childcare programs. Part of that investment included one-time…
Most college-age students have only limited experience with inflation. Inflation is the term that describes a decrease in consumer purchasing power over time. Another way…
A Massachusetts community college has partnered with its local YMCA to offer free drop-in childcare to its staff and students. Northern Essex Community College, which…
A new study by the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation found that childcare issues caused parents in Texas to leave the workforce, drop out of…
If you haven’t read Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s economic plan for a new Michigan economy, please do. Whether or not you agree with her politics, Michigan’s…
New York University researchersreleased a study last month showing that a parent’s job insecurity in a child’s first six years of life has a profound…
The Everett Community College administration reversed its decision to close the school’s on-campus childcare center. Two days before Thanksgiving, the EvCC president, Daria Willis sent…
Last month, I wrote about the folly of community college executives who believe they can operate their institutions like businesses. I said higher education executives…