Last month marked the 5-year anniversary of the elimination of WCC’s IT Department in favor of managed services via Ellucian. In June, the WCC Board…
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Washtenaw County has always prided itself on its connections to higher education. At one time, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti hosted five institutions of higher learning,…
Recently, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released some research that explains exactly how devastating the failure of community colleges has been. I say…
According to reports published in the Arizona Daily Sun, our friends at CampusWorks tried and failed to take over the Coconino Community College IT Department…
Yesterday, I wrote about Oakland Community College’s plan to close its Highland Lakes campus. The property is a 155-acre parcel, which has 307,400 square feet…
I wrote about Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY in November. RCC discovered that it had a $3.5M budget deficit and determined that the best…
Layoffs seem to be all the rage at some community colleges, even though enrollment at two-year colleges nationwide has increased marginally. Earlier today, Lakeland Community…
At a high level, we elect community college Trustees to guide and safeguard the mission of the institution that we- as a community – have…
Last week, West Virginia University announced a preliminary plan to address the institution’s $45M budget hole. WVU is the state’s flagship university, and the budget…
Last week, news broke that the State of Michigan will replace the driveway at the Governor’s residence. By itself, that shouldn’t be unusual. The State…