I read an article a few weeks ago about a town in Colorado that’s counting on its community college to save it. While that sounds…
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Yesterday, I looked at the impact of COVID-19 on recent high school graduates. But adult learners in Washtenaw County will feel the effects of the…
With vaccine distribution well under way, it is tempting to think about returning to life as it was in 2019. The FDA gave the Johnson…
There has been a lot of debate lately on the value of remedial classes. As it turns out, adult learners who get placed in remedial…
Research published in 2020 by the National Bureau of Economic Research showed that there is untapped potential in older students. As many as 30 million…
What happened in Texas this month wasn’t pretty. The large-scale failure of the Texas energy grid caused widespread power outages. At exactly the same time,…
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…
According to the latest figures from the State of Michigan, residents filed more than 40,000 applications for Michigan Reconnect. Michigan Reconnect is the state’s new…
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.…
Governor Gretchen Whitmer introduced her proposed state budget this morning, and included $180M for free community college programs. Granted, the proposed budget is a long…