Earlier today, the Mott Community College Board of Trustees voted to hire an interim president to replace Beverly Walker-Griffea. The Board interviewed four candidates. Three…
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A recent analysis by consulting firm Korn Ferry indicates that a growing population of young adults are becoming discouraged by their employment prospects. This cohort,…
Last weekend, Northwestern College – a for-profit college that specializes in allied health education – closed rather unceremoniously, leaving several hundred students in a bind.…
According to data the US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis collects, the median home size of houses for sale in June 2024 in Washtenaw…
Last week, BridgeMI published a little piece about the gender gap among Michigan’s colleges and universities. This gap – the difference between male and female…
There’s been much talk about the enrollment cliff. The term refers to a drop in the population of school-aged individuals. For colleges and universities, this…
I was looking at the State of Michigan’s high-wage, high-demand jobs list today. The website is meant to offer some career guidance to people who…
Yesterday, I wrote about housing in Washtenaw County and what it takes income-wise to live in various communities here. There is no doubt that Washtenaw…
A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition uses US Census Bureau data to calculate the wages required to rent a “modest” two-bedroom…
Washtenaw County has always prided itself on its connections to higher education. At one time, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti hosted five institutions of higher learning,…