Most of Michigan’s community colleges have struggled with declining enrollment for most of the last decade. While there are different ways to measure an institution’s…
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WCC has waited a long time to complete repairs to the Morris Lawrence Building. Recently, CFO Bill Johnson announced that WCC would use reserve cash…
The State of Maine reported last fall that its community college enrollment increased for the first time in five years. Maine is not alone in…
Yesterday’s post discussed “burn rate” and the CFO’s unwillingness to disclose how much the College is spending each month. My point was that when Trustees…
This exchange regarding burn rate took place between Trustee Richard Landau and WCC Chief Financial Officer Bill Johnson at the March 31, 2020 WCC Board…
A 2018 Association of Community College Trustees survey shows that community college trustees have little in common with community college students. This includes everything from…
“I have a comment that’s not particular to this policy, but as I was looking through online at our policies, which is what the public…
I recently reviewed something I wrote regarding revenue-backed debt and financing for the proposed “Advanced Transportation Center.” Revenue-backed bonds pose a higher risk of default.…
Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, IA has an enrollment of 3,500 students. President Todd Holcomb recently warned the Board of Trustees that the COVID-19 virus…
About six weeks ago – which now seems like six years ago – I wrote about the “darker side of online class delivery” at community…