Yesterday, I wrote about student loan interest rates and their scheduled rise. Since early in the pandemic, the federal government has hit the pause button…
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Interest rates on new federal student loans will rise effective July 1. The current interest rate, 3.73% will creep up more than 1.25% to 4.99%…
I’ve written often about the size of the WCC administration and how much it has grown over the past decade. But simple growth doesn’t answer…
Yesterday, I wrote about persistent declines in community college enrollment and the difficulties of competing with four-year universities. Four year universities are already swiping students…
Evanston Skokie School District 65 is less than 10 miles northwest of Wrigley Field in Chicago. For the first time in more than 50 years,…
Earlier this month, Rhode Island’s state treasurer made an interesting “suggestion” to that state’s legislature. Seth Magaziner urged the legislature to cap the amount of…
Research in the Journal of American College Health examines substance use differences among students at four-year and two -year colleges. The study authors determined that…
Labor statistics are always interesting. Michigan’s unemployment numbers for the month of April were released last week. While national unemployment remained steady, Michigan’s unemployment rate…
According to a report released earlier this month by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, fewer transfer students from community colleges make it to four-year…
Yesterday, I saw an item that said that community college students want more online learning. So, the “research” that backs up that conclusion comes from…