Earlier this week, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted to place a new tax measure on the ballot designed to raise funds to improve…
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.
Yesterday, I wrote about a financial transparency bill that is making its way through the Ohio State Legislature. The bill, if adopted, will require higher…
If you’re not familiar with West Shore Community College, it’s located in Scottville, MI and is Michigan’s third-smallest community college. If that doesn’t help much,…
Recently, I have written about the findings of the latest higher education facilities assessment from Gordian. The report shows that higher education institutions have continued…
Yesterday, I wrote about the most recent Gordian report on higher education facilities. US higher education institutions have racked up about $112B in neglected maintenance…
Earlier this year, Gordian released its 10th annual analysis of the state of higher education facilities. The company provides building intelligence solutions, and they’ve made…
New data from the New York Federal Reserve Bank shows the surprising change in the country’s reservation wage. If you don’t keep up with the…
The University of North Carolina revealed earlier this year that it faces a maintenance backlog of more than $1.1B. Aging HVAC systems account for about…
Long discussions about the “enrollment cliff” have become commonplace among community college administrators. It doesn’t help that these schools (Washtenaw Community College included) have reached…
One of the community college recommendations in the Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) report is the creation of a state agency to support community colleges.…