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…
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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…
The superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools announced last week that the district will not offer before- and after-school childcare for the 2021-22 school year.…
Significantly fewer Michigan 2020 high school seniors enrolled in post-secondary classes in the 6 months immediately following graduation. In raw numbers, more than 6,200 members…
I was looking at salary data on workers with Associate degrees recently. The national average hourly wage for a worker with an Associate degree is…
The possibility of a “recovery” from COVID-19 in Washtenaw County is exciting. It will also require a lot of work, especially on WCC’s part. The…
With vaccine distribution well under way, it is tempting to think about returning to life as it was in 2019. The FDA gave the Johnson…
Governor Gretchen Whitmer introduced her proposed state budget this morning, and included $180M for free community college programs. Granted, the proposed budget is a long…
I’ve written about the potential of expanding the Washtenaw Community College district before. The most likely expansion target is Livingston County. Nearly half of students…