Amazon announced last month that it would invest $3M in community colleges across Washington State to deliver computer science instruction. The programs will award bachelor’s…
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Earlier today, First Lady Jill Biden made a somber announcement that her vision of “free community college” is dead. Free community college was one of…
Yesterday, I wrote about two different projects in two different states that share a single failure. Community leaders have “invested” public funds into what are…
Two different cities, two different projects, same result. I’m referring to the
Yesterday, I wrote about the potential dangers of viewing community college academic programs as profit centers. A community does not fund a college to make…
Last November, the administration at Everett Community College in Everett, WA announced that it would close the on-campus daycare center. Currently, the center provides high…
Last month, Ohio governor Mike DeWine announced Intel’s commitment to build a new computer chip manufacturing facility near Columbus. The state offered nearly $2B in…
Community college enrollment is down nationwide, but Oregon may be suffering more than most. When the pandemic hit in 2020, Oregon’s community college enrollment dropped…
Just as Washtenaw Community College closed its state-licensed childcare center, Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, MA is opening one up. The program will provide drop-in…
The effort to recover from the pandemic has exposed an interesting phenomenon: the assertion that people are dropping out of the labor force. Supporting this…