Enrollment at the nation’s community college has been declining for about a decade. Historically, community colleges have served students from lower income households. More recently,…
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Colorado did something interesting in 2020. Its legislators passed an employment transparency law requiring employers to disclose their intended pay rates for job openings they…
A recent Facebook post in a local discussion group about the cost of rent in Ypsilanti highlights something that those who think “we’re in a…
A couple of days ago, I wrote about the effective decrease in instructional spending at WCC due to inflation. Since 2015, WCC’s spending on instruction…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly state unemployment data today. Michigan’s unemployment rate dropped nominally, from 4.3% in June to 4.2% in July.…
Yesterday, I wrote about the change in instructional spending at WCC between 2015 and present. When accounting for inflation, funding for instruction has decreased by…
Inflation has been front-and-center since it began its uncomfortable upward climb in March 2021. Rising inflation definitely takes a bite out of the average paycheck.…
As community college administrators and politicians wonder why younger students are bypassing community colleges, some things come to mind. Generational differences are playing out right…
Yesterday, I wrote about a community college in Illinois that intends to borrow $12M to complete deferred maintenance projects. The problem with the plan is…
Heartland Community College in Normal, IL plans to borrow $12M to pay for campus maintenance debt and IT investments for its campuses in Normal, Peoria…