Following the release of the latest college enrollment data, there’s a lot of speculation about why enrollment continues to sink. Almost invariably, the issue of…
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Lansing Township has encountered some major financial problems, and it does not seem to have a way out. According to a 2019 ruling by the…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US unemployment rate for May 2022 was 3.6%. Michigan’s unemployment rate for April 2022 was 4.6%. Despite…
Parking lots are not glamorous, but a 954-car ramp taught Saint Paul, MN a very valuable lesson. The parking lot in question is in downtown…
I’ve been writing about the need for some serious upgrades to the occupational education programs currently on offer at WCC. The average community college graduate…
The National Student Clearinghouse released enrollment data for the Winter 2022 semester. Overall, undergraduate enrollment declined by 662,000 students compared to Winter 2021. Since the…
The American Association of Community Colleges has been lobbying the Biden administration for student loan relief. As the administration ponders the possibility of broad forgiveness…
The State of Michigan announced last month that it intends to spend $100M in the next two years to fund as many as 1,000 new…
A new plan introduced last week by a consortium of higher education and hospital association proposes to allow all 28 Michigan community colleges to confer…
Recently, I ran across a press release from earlier this year. In it, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a grant to St. Louis…