Jamie Dimon said something interesting last month at a meeting of the Institute of International Finance, a banking trade group. “World War 3 has already…
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Over the past few years, there has been a growing recognition that the public’s faith in higher education is slipping. If you want to know…
Yesterday, I wrote about the home-price-to-income ratio, and how the calculation identifies areas where people struggle to afford housing. The calculation is simple: divide the…
If Washtenaw Community College needs another reason to increase its maintenance budget to the recognized industry standard of 2% of the current replacement value ($7.9M),…
Recently, I read an interview with Mitch Daniels, who is currently the President of Purdue University and formerly was the Governor of Indiana. Daniels has…
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…
Earlier this year, the Brookings Institution published an analysis of wages and earnings based on educational attainment at different stages in life. Researchers there studied…
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released second quarter household debt figures. Debt rose in all major categories, except one. It’s another indication that…
A new St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank analysis of second-quarter earnings and expenditure data show that factors like age, education, demographic and gender modify the…
An experimental grant will pay some community college students in Maryland $50 per month to meet with an academic advisor while they’re enrolled in programs…