Last fall, Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) announced a new two-year degree program – Water Quality Environmental Technology. The program will prepare students to work in…
Posts published in “Workforce development”
What salary would a prospective employer have to offer to get you to accept a new job? Next Monday, the New York Fed will release…
In case you missed it, USA Today ran a story over the weekend about the desperate need for green energy technicians. The story focuses on…
In the last couple of posts, I have written about the state of community college education, and why the current approach to career and transfer…
Yesterday, I wrote about community college education in Michigan, and which degree programs attract the majority of students. Today, I will look at the relative…
Generally speaking, when the economy adds 236,000 new jobs, that’s considered good news. Unfortunately for community colleges, the March jobs report is not exactly what…
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of banking giant JP Morgan Chase, says that raising wages and closing the skills gap are the two most promising paths…
Yesterday, I wrote about the projected impact of climate change on Washtenaw County. That was inspired, in part, by a recent news piece that named…
I don’t have the patience to debate the reality of climate change. If you don’t believe climate change is real, then go buy yourself some…
Yesterday, I wrote about the Department of Education’s latest pass at a gainful employment mandate. The next step in reviving the rule is the release…