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…
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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,…
The subject of fees came up once again at the WCC Board of Trustees Spring Retreat. You could forgive someone for believing that a “technology…
On February 25, the Trustees of the Santa Barbara Community College voted in a closed session to approve the layoffs of three SBCC staff members.…
Yesterday, I wrote about the plan to invest billions in community college infrastructure. I said that the government should not reward community colleges – like…
In last night’s Board meeting, the WCC Trustees approved a contract for fiber installation on campus. The $220,000 contract was awarded to Challenger Technologies of…
The pandemic has turned a lot of things upside down. In the last year, COVID-19 has challenged us all in one way or another. As…
In January, an online news magazine called The Hechinger Report published a rather lengthy piece on outsourcing in higher education. The article included a skewed…
You can easily find information about the declining public investment in higher education. In addition to tuition hikes, universities have increasingly turned to a variety…
Who voters place on the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees is more important than ever. A perfect storm is forming around higher education, and…