WCC has an over-abundance of administrators and a shortage of Trustees who are willing to say “No” to the Administration’s inane spending requests. While the…
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At the June WCC Board Meeting, Trustee Ruth Hatcher congratulated the administration for giving the Independent group 1.5% raises. Trustee Hatcher probably assumed that “something-is-better-than-nothing.”…
structural deficit – (economics) That portion of the public sector deficit which exists even when the economy is at potential. Government spending beyond government revenues…
Recently, WCC announced that it will freeze in-district tuition at $95 per credit hour for the 2020-21 school year. It will follow with a planned…
Community colleges throughout the United States are struggling with the effects of COVID-19. Many don’t know whether they’ll re-open their campuses. Others don’t know what…
WCC has a line item in its expense budget called “Executive Management.” This fiscal year, the Executive Management budget started out at $2,140,537. This figure…
From the taxpayers’ perspective, this question is legitimate, and the answer is simple. WCC has so many Vice Presidents because no one on the Board…
Looking at the number of administrators in an institution creates one picture of what’s happening. Comparing the institution’s current state to a previous state is…
Yesterday, I wrote about how executive positions tend to morph over time. It’s one thing to talk about administrative expansion. It’s another thing to see…
WCC has been cutting its budget. These cuts translated into layoffs and position eliminations for certain personnel. In virtually all of the places I’ve worked,…