According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data, Michigan community colleges welcomed more than 21,600 students last fall. Michigan’s free college programs drove enrollment…
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A new report by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve seeks to explain how changes in labor demand will impact workers without college degrees. The report focuses…
A Pittsburgh councilman has come up with a novel way to fund infrastructure. He’s proposed a 1% city infrastructure tax on residents’ medical bills and…
Michigan community colleges have three major sources of revenue: property tax collections, tuition and fees, and the state appropriation. They also have other revenue sources…
States have different mechanisms for funding their community colleges. In many places, local community college taxes play a big role in funding two-year schools. I…
According to ZipRecruiter’s Michigan salary data for November 2021, the average wage of a person with an associate degree is $17.57 per hour. Michigan’s average…
Ottumwa, IA might possibly be best known as the hometown of Corporal Radar O’Reilly in the movie-and television franchise, M*A*S*H. Next week, Voters there and…
According to recent figures, the FAFSA completion rate in Michigan declined for the second year in a row. As of July 30, the FAFSA completion…
WCC Trustees plan to rely on tuition increases to pay for future bond issues, but they may want to look at the Citizens’ Annual Lending…
The issue of on-campus housing is interesting to me because it arose in WCC’s Master Plan. I think the Trustees believe that building student housing…