A Pittsburgh councilman has come up with a novel way to fund infrastructure. He’s proposed a 1% city infrastructure tax on residents’ medical bills and…
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The Community College of Aurora, a community college in a Denver suburb, has kicked off a capital campaign to fund the construction of a new…
For many high school graduates, the next logical step is going to college, but that number is declining. In Michigan, for example, in 2018, almost…
Yesterday, I wrote about the economic value of a WCC degree. A data analysis from Georgetown University shows that 10 years after graduation, 42% of…
New data from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce provides a fresh look at the value of a college education. The CEW ranked…
Michigan community colleges have three major sources of revenue: property tax collections, tuition and fees, and the state appropriation. They also have other revenue sources…
Amazon announced today that it will offer its employees free tuition at four Michigan post-secondary schools, including Eastern Michigan University, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand…
A new bill making its way through the Missouri legislature would tie state university funding to institutions based on the institution’s graduation rates and the…
You can’t underestimate the impact of childcare. Having it means you can work or go to school. Not having it means you can’t. A new…
I have written about this before, but the growing angst about declining community college enrollment is, in a word, misguided. An increasing number of high…