A popular theory is that an unstable job market drives community college enrollment. Specifically, displaced workers return to school after unexpectedly losing their jobs. Community…
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A new survey by GO Banking Rates examines the starting salaries of college graduates in each state. The survey differentiates entry level salaries for college…
Public entities and institutions are looking carefully at their General Fund spending lately. That’s due in part to sunset clauses on federal relief dollars that…
Yesterday, I wrote about some new analysis that shows that community colleges (including Washtenaw Community College) generally do a poor job of helping low-income students…
Over the past three days, I’ve run across the following headlines: “Macomb Community College unveils state of the art technology center “ “Alabama Community College…
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…
For those who still haven’t figured out why community college enrollment is dropping, one only needs to look at the challenges that young adults currently…
I’m still thinking about the Business Leaders for Michigan report released last week that analyzes what “we” can do to assist Michigan community colleges. The…
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.…
In 2019, voters in the Ann Arbor Public School District authorized a one billion dollar bond issue to finance capital projects throughout the district. Although…