Statewide examinations of community colleges are revealing factors that limit the institutions’ success. The audits identify major gaps in oversight, misspending, and strategy, all of…
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Late last year, the Kansas state legislature earmarked $45M to help address maintenance neglect on the campuses of the state universities in Kansas. There’s nothing…
Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal to lower the age to qualify for the Michigan Reconnect plan could backfire. The governor was in Battle Creek today to…
I recently read an interesting editorial regarding public debt. The author divided “public debt” into three different kinds of mismanagement: budgetary mismanagement; failure to invest…
A survey published recently by Inside Higher Ed reveals serious quality gaps in academic advising. Among community college students, fewer than half say they’ve received…
The San Mateo County Community College District sued five contractors earlier this month. SMCCD alleges that they provided gifts and other favors to former Chancellor…
The State of California has some significant budget problems this year. As in, it has a $22.5 billion gap between its revenues and its expenses.…
For community colleges hoping to draft on the online education trend, the University of Florida has just delivered some bad news: online coursework delivers only…
Yesterday, I wrote about college closures. There seems to be a growing trend among community colleges of closing campuses and programs. In the coming years,…
Recently, there has been a lot written about the competition for staffing at colleges and universities. Alongside that, you can also find a lot of…