Yesterday, I wrote about the Health and Fitness Center’s revenues and costs as they compare to industry averages. In short, the Health and Fitness Center…
Posts published in “Deferred Maintenance”
The administration at Washtenaw Community College has incurred $20M in deferred maintenance projects around the campus. Deferred maintenance is repair work on buildings and systems that should have been done and was instead put off.
Taxpayers provided WCC with the money it needed to perform all necessary maintenance. Instead of using the money to repair buildings and critical systems, the administration has spent the money on other priorities.
In May, the University of Nebraska (NU) issued $400M in bonds. The proceeds will fund the university’s plan to address deferred maintenance in 20 campus…
Over the past year, WCC has made (or will make) significant upgrades to the campus HVAC systems. The pandemic has prioritized the air handling upgrades…
Most people can’t place Martin County, KY on a map. It is one of Kentucky’s easternmost counties. In a good semester, Washtenaw Community College enrolls…
Earlier this week, the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor released its Roanoke-Chowan Community College audit findings. The State found that due to poor…
Last month, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center published updated enrollment data for US colleges and universities. The figures show enrollment drops from 2019 to…
I recently read an article about the cost of college tuition. In it, the author said that college tuition had increased 33% since 2000. Something…
At a recent Board Meeting, WCC Trustees accepted the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. This year’s budget is somewhat smaller than previous years,…
Yesterday, I wrote about the need for WCC to shift its approach to recruiting students. The WCC administration has identified the decline in the high-school…
Earlier this week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a $1.4B proposal to improve access to affordable childcare. The funding for the proposal will come from the…