You may never have heard of Tompkins Cortland Community College before. It’s in Dryden, NY – about 10 miles northeast of Ithaca, and about 40…
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Amid a deteriorating financial situation, the Board of Trustees at the Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, NM have adopted an emergency financial plan. According to…
Instructor salary support is on the wish list of a growing number of colleges and universities. Recruiting and retaining faculty members are growing increasingly difficult…
One of the missions of a community college is addressing the occupational education needs of the workforce. Although many industries are suffering from a lack…
Yesterday, I wrote about community colleges in Oregon, New York, and Pennsylvania that are struggling with shifting funding models, declining enrollment, and challenges with maintaining…
The end of the federal government’s COVID-19 relief funds means that administrators are looking to make community college budget cuts. The cuts, which community college…
I have written extensively about the impact of building neglect on the facilities at WCC. Reducing the maintenance budget is a recipe for disaster, and…
I’ve written about this in the past, but it’s something that bears repeating. The WCC Board of Trustees isn’t representative of the population of Washtenaw…
Mott Community College Board Chair Andy Everman narrowly survived a vote last week to remove him from the Chair position. The Board of Trustees called…
Prior to 1994, Michigan did not have property tax caps. Until then, a property’s State Equalized Value (SEV) served as the basis for taxed property.…