Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards authorized a grant program that eliminates tuition for high-demand technical and occupational degrees. The program, which will be available next…
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President Biden’s newly announced infrastructure deal will create thousands of jobs. In addition, about a quarter of today’s infrastructure workforce is heading into retirement. Analysts…
There is a lot of talk about free community college. Many states have even adopted some form of it as part of their economic recovery…
Data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that community college enrollments accounted for 65% of all higher education enrollment declines in 2020. Overall,…
Yesterday, I wrote about the need for WCC to better recruit graduating high school seniors. One reason is that some recent high school graduates (most…
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional US birth rate data for 2020. According to the report, the fertility rate was…
WCC’s most recent press release touts the Foundations of Caring Bootcamp, a new program that provides training for “health care workers.” Michigan Works! Southeast, Vibrant…
A planned funding increase to hire more full-time community college faculty in California is running into resistance. The Association of Community College Financial Officers penned…
Last month, I wrote about WCC’s “success rate” data as collected and reported by Michigan’s Center for Educational Performance and Information. The data show that…
A recent article in the Hechinger Report details the difficulty that the construction sector has in finding employees. I’m not talking about residential home construction…