Earlier today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and US Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo announced that Michigan has landed a new hydrogen plant. Norway’s Nel Hydrogen will…
WCC Watch
There’s been a lot of handwringing about the birth rate and what it means for college enrollment in the coming years. The year-over-year birth rate…
Yesterday, the Hechinger Report published a story about the plight of students who transfer from a community college to a university. The widely syndicated story…
Consulting firm McKinsey & Company released a new analysis of the US higher education landscape last month. Their conclusions give new perspective to the “enrollment…
Last week, the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees approved a $4 per credit hour tuition increase for in-district students. The move could potentially generate…
Earlier this week, the WCC Board of Trustees approved a new tuition rate structure for the 2023-24 school year. Unfortunately, they did not take the…
I have written about the financial crisis at New Jersey City University several times. In a nutshell, NJCU found itself nearly $23M short on operating…
At Tuesday’s Board Meeting, the WCC Board of Trustees approved a $4 per hour tuition increase for in-district students. Trustee David DeVarti, who in 2020…
A report released yesterday by the National Student Clearinghouse shows that the number of post-secondary students who leave school without earning a credential is growing.…
Washtenaw Community College announced receipt of a $2M grant to fund its new “Advance Ypsi” initiative. The program will provide educational assistance to high school…