The University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents changed its policy on requiring applicants to provide SAT or ACT scores. The move allows Maryland’s 12…
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Recently, I read an interesting report on the state of higher education in Canada. While there are some structural differences, the Canadian higher education system…
The Green Bay Area Public School District, the City of Seattle, and the City of Coshocton (OH) have something in common. They’re all dealing with…
Survey data collected by a Florida technology company suggests that there is a growing divide among college students and college administrators regarding the future of…
The Federal Reserve Board’s 2021 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) holds some interesting information for community colleges. Raising attendance costs reduces the community…
COVID-19 has done a number on businesses in just about every sector. But the corporate response to the pandemic provides ample opportunity for community colleges…
I read a column yesterday about the conflict between the cost of daycare and the wages daycare workers earn. The author wrote in the context…
Yesterday, I wrote about the hidden cost of tuition increases. Students have met every significant WCC tuition increase in the past 20 years with declines…
Recently, the WCC Board of Trustees approved a $5-per-credit-hour increase to WCC’s existing fee. The increase raises WCC’s cost of attendance to $110 per credit…
Accelerating the pace of higher education seems to be a recurring theme. Traditional post-secondary education in the United States revolves around a 2-year or 4-year…