Administrators at Portland Community College announced today that they have decided to close the Sylvania campus’s diving and swimming pools. The closures will take effect…
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Central Michigan University announced last week that it would reduce the amount of on-campus housing it operates next school year. The university has an on-campus…
Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY is facing some hard times. ECC is part of the SUNY system, and is millions of dollars in debt.…
Last week, the Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities voted to consolidate five of the state’s 30 community colleges into one organization. The…
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…
The US Department of Education may return to its gainful employment reporting requirements for all US degree-granting institutions. The current proposed regulation says: “On a…
Last week, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees approved a request to begin planning a health and fitness center for university students. The new…
A 2021 research report on community college student retention shows that about 41% of community college students leave after their first year. WCC’s 39% first-year…
Two different cities, two different projects, same result. I’m referring to the
Yesterday, I wrote about the potential dangers of viewing community college academic programs as profit centers. A community does not fund a college to make…