Vaccination incentives are among the latest back-to-school trends for community college students. Fresno City College in Fresno, CA is offering vaccinated students a $250 voucher…
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Yesterday, I wrote about a fitness center (actually two) that the College of San Mateo built with bond funding. The issue for San Mateo voters…
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…
Everyone thinks they know Murphy’s Law. If you ask someone to cite it, chances are good that they’ll say, “Anything that can go wrong will…
Last month, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded a debt issue of Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ) from Ba1 to Ba2. The change in the school’s credit rating…
A recently released analysis of US credit card data suggests that people are currently spending two-thirds of what they spent on fitness memberships prior to…
With the fall semester weeks away, everything from financial aid to food insecurity is complicating the return to school plan. Community colleges are hopeful that…
WCC announced this week that it is joining the ranks of campuses that will enforce mandatory masks. Currently, the College has no plans to implement…
Last week, Walmart announced that it would pay 100% of its workers’ college tuition and books costs. Today, Target did the same. To qualify full-time…
Last month, I wrote about the recent sale of Ellucian, WCC’s managed service provider. Ellucian had been purchased in 2015 by two venture capital firms…