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…
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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,…
Community colleges around the nation are struggling with questions regarding their long term survival. Right now, a group of five rural Minnesota community colleges are…
According to a report published by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, about one-third of entering college freshmen will not complete a degree within eight…
I’ve written about the community college’s role in reversing the economic cycle. On an individual level, community colleges enable individuals to survive a recession. Research…
In the March 19, 2019 Board Retreat, WCC Chief Financial Officer Bill Johnson introduced the “facilities fee,” a $10-per-credit-hour student fee. This new community college…