The US Senate is considering increasing the Department of Education appropriation to increase the maximum Pell Grant by $250. On the surface, $250 doesn’t sound…
WCC Watch
Forbes ran an opinion piece earlier this week that positively gushed about the value of community colleges. It riffed on the recently released America’s Hidden…
Yesterday, I wrote that it is not enough to throw money at community colleges via the Michigan Reconnect program. The state must also hold community…
As the Michigan state legislature works through the budget process for next year, it appears poised to add $70M to expand the Michigan Reconnect program.…
For more than a year, the New Jersey City University has struggled to correct significant financial deficits that have threatened the university’s operation. The school’s…
Bridge Michigan ran the Michigan Community College Association’s “rebuttal” of sorts to the Business Leaders for Michigan report, which the group released last week. I’m…
One problem I have with the Business Leaders For Michigan report is that it assumes that the majority of students who attend a community college…
I’m still thinking about the Business Leaders for Michigan report released last week that analyzes what “we” can do to assist Michigan community colleges. The…
As the Business Leaders for Michigan report, released earlier this week, gains exposure, the media have latched onto certain narrow elements of it, such as…
One of the community college recommendations in the Business Leaders for Michigan (BLM) report is the creation of a state agency to support community colleges.…