A good economy may provide community college administrators with a convenient explanation for low enrollment. The reality may be somewhat more nuanced. Some researchers estimate…
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An interesting study from the Brookings Institution questions the efficacy of online classes for at-risk students. At-risk students are those students who – for any…
I read a Michigan Daily article yesterday about what UM students refer to as “Michigan Math.” – UM’s math classes. The mill of Michigan Math…
If you’ve looked at the news in the last 24 hours, you’ll find two different stories about how two Michigan community colleges deal with enrollment…
In the past few months, I’ve written extensively about revenue-backed loans that WCC has been using to finance buildings on campus. The Health and Fitness…
non sequitur /ˌnän ˈsekwədər/ – noun: – a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement. “Gamification” is big…
Community colleges are not shy about extolling the benefits of a two-year education. People who earn a two-year degree earn more and leave college with…
The North Carolina Community College System reports that Fall 2019 enrollment in degree programs rose at 53 of the state’s 58 campuses by an average…
I was reading a story about a debt free community college program in Kansas that amounts to a 2-for-1 for students there. Garden City Community…
A persistent assumption about our population characteristics is that the Baby Boomers occupy the largest slice of our population. Due to its size, this generation,…