Recently, I have written about the long-term danger of training people for low-wage work. That danger will not materialize until these workers reach retirement age…
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Enrollment declines are nothing new at the community college level. Enrollment has been dropping for more than a decade. But how will community colleges fare…
Recently, I read an interview with Pat Huber, the president of New River Community College in Dublin, VA. In it, she attempted to explain the…
Recently, WCC announced that it was part of a larger group of community colleges in Southeast Michigan that will share in a grant by the…
If you ask people what today is, most of them will say “Monday.” While that’s true, it’s also “A Day without Child Care” Day across…
Yesterday, I wrote about the difference between the federal poverty level and a living wage. I also wrote about why it is important for community…
Living wage questions value of associate degree[/caption]I have written frequently about the value of an associate degree. Unfortunately, community colleges have not kept pace with…
Last month, the WCC Board of Trustees handed the students a 4% tuition increase. At the same time, the taxpayers of Washtenaw County handed WCC…
There’s been a lot of handwringing about the birth rate and what it means for college enrollment in the coming years. The year-over-year birth rate…
Yesterday, the Hechinger Report published a story about the plight of students who transfer from a community college to a university. The widely syndicated story…