In any given year, WCC takes in a lot of money. The taxpayers very generously overfund the College. Student enrollment is relatively constant. The State…
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WCC has a line item in its expense budget called “Executive Management.” This fiscal year, the Executive Management budget started out at $2,140,537. This figure…
As part of its cost-cutting measures, WCC has laid off a number of its employees. The Administration targeted the “Independent Group” for these reductions in…
Moody’s Investors Service provides rating information for prospective investors in many different industries, including higher education. Higher education institutions like WCC sell bonds to raise…
Last June, WCC signed a contract for managed IT services with Ellucian that requires the College to pay the company $436,000 per month for 60…
Last summer, the WCC administration outsourced its in-house IT staff. The outsourcing contract requires WCC to make payments of more than $433,000 per month to…
And I just want to make sure everyone understands – we’re going to do this collaboratively. You know, I’m not going to sit down –…
In July 2011, WCC employed 178 full time administrators. By June 30, 2019, that number had mushroomed to 235. The size of the WCC administration…
In the last three weeks, more than 20 million Americans have filed unemployment claims, with certainly more to come. Most states have issued stay-at-home orders,…
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, US community college spend 42% of their budget on instruction. In a recent Board meeting, WCC CFO…