Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional US birth rate data for 2020. According to the report, the fertility rate was…
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North Carolina community colleges, like those in many other states, rely heavily on state funding. Last December, the system requested sufficient funding to increase community…
The WCC Children’s Center closure is permanent, but it comes at what might be the worst possible time for parents. The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the…
A newly released book, Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College and Creating a Better Future for Young Families, examines the difficulty that teen…
Until recently, I had never heard the term “childcare desert,” but they do exist and they’re growing. A childcare desert exists when the number of…
The superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools announced last week that the district will not offer before- and after-school childcare for the 2021-22 school year.…
New data released by the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) shows that 6 out of 10 low-income students could not afford to remain enrolled in…
I have said many times that the problems at WCC start and end with the Board of Trustees. For whatever reason, the Trustees have checked…
I found this little nugget near the end of the Spring Trustee Retreat. It was totally worth waiting for. (Insert eyeroll.) If nothing else, this…
For the last couple of weeks, I have been looking at the April 6 Spring Trustees’ Retreat. In that 2.5 hour stretch, two WCC EVPs…