In 2001, the City of Escondido built the Reidy Creek Golf Course, an 18-hole golf course that also features disc golf and foot golf courses;…
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.
A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse shows that student transfers during the pandemic have declined by 13.5%. That translates to 300,000 fewer transfer…
If you live in Washtenaw County, you know that the Eastern Michigan University faculty is on strike. The key issues include pay and healthcare costs.…
College affordability is a primary factor in a high school student’s decision to take classes after high school. A report issued earlier this year by…
Yesterday, I wrote about a community college in Illinois that intends to borrow $12M to complete deferred maintenance projects. The problem with the plan is…
Heartland Community College in Normal, IL plans to borrow $12M to pay for campus maintenance debt and IT investments for its campuses in Normal, Peoria…
The most striking thing about the rising cost of a college education is that none of the four major players – Marketing Construction Administrative growth…
Yesterday, I wrote about the drivers of the cost of a college education. The cost of attendance has risen by nearly 250% over the past…
I ran across an interesting item recently on why going to college has become so expensive. Fundamentally, there are many contributors to the cost of…
“Given our extensive investment in WCC, it is not too much to ask that the Trustees insist that the Chief Executive Officer maintain the facilities…