The pandemic has changed the college enrollment landscape in some very unexpected ways. It’s not hard to understand why community colleges look less attractive to…
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Last week, the Michigan Association of United Ways (MAUW) released a new report about poverty in Michigan. In it, report authors claim that nearly half…
Community colleges have weathered the pandemic poorly. Enrollment at two-year schools has declined steadily for a decade. States, desperate to raise the number of workers…
The promise of a free college education to potentially hundreds of thousands of Michiganders was completely lost on Washtenaw County. While Michigan’s community college enrollment…
According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data, Michigan community colleges welcomed more than 21,600 students last fall. Michigan’s free college programs drove enrollment…
A new report by researchers at The New School suggests that more than a million older workers – aged 55 and up – were forced…
Michigan Advance published an interesting OpEd last week regarding the decline in university enrollment in the State of Michigan. Most four-year universities in Michigan experienced…
A few days ago, I wrote about the fact that everyone has a theory about community college enrollment declines. Theorists often portray the pandemic and…
Last week, researchers at the University of Michigan released their annual report on the economic status of Washtenaw County. The report paints a mixed picture…
Between debates about the value of free college and shock over sharply declining community college enrollment, two-year schools are receiving a lot of attention lately.…