The headline on a CNN.com story caught my attention this afternoon. It reads: No college degree? More employers than ever just don’t care This kind…
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Recently, I read about an HVAC employer in Maine who is so desperate for tech workers that he recruits students out of high school. That’s…
Everywhere you look, there’s evidence of COVID-19’s impact on community colleges. Nationally, community college enrollment dropped by nearly 10%. Students were forced to leave campus.…
I ran across an old article – dated three days before the lockdown in 2020. It was about the need for a college degree. The…
Amazon has joined the ranks of retailers that will offer hourly workers free college tuition. The retail giant had previously offered a 95% college tuition…
Yesterday, I wrote about the post-secondary enrollment crisis among male students. The numbers attribute more than 70% of the decline in the past five years…
Community colleges around the nation are beginning to report their fall enrollment figures. On the whole, things don’t look so good. As students return to…
The pandemic forced virtually all colleges and universities to deliver instruction online. At the time, there were few other options. Eighteen months down the road,…
In 2005, voters in San Mateo County, CA approved a $468M bond issue. In California, taxing authorities must be explicit about what they intend to…
Last week, the Barton Community College (Great Bend, KS) Board of Trustees voted to terminate the school’s automotive program. The Trustees cited declining enrollment, high…