Yesterday, I wrote about persistent declines in community college enrollment and the difficulties of competing with four-year universities. Four year universities are already swiping students…
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To the surprise of few (except maybe community college administrators), Winter/Spring enrollment dropped by nearly 5% year-over-year. Community college enrollment declines have attracted a lot…
A growing number of community colleges are turning to faculty layoffs to balance their budgets. Earlier this month, Trustees of the City College of San…
Danville Community College in Danville, VA announced earlier this week that it will provide workforce development training for 80 new workers at a Tyson Foods…
Evanston Skokie School District 65 is less than 10 miles northwest of Wrigley Field in Chicago. For the first time in more than 50 years,…
Earlier this month, Rhode Island’s state treasurer made an interesting “suggestion” to that state’s legislature. Seth Magaziner urged the legislature to cap the amount of…
Houston Community College is doing something that’s downright cool. It’s’ planning a $30M “resiliency operations center” to offer realistic disaster training to first responders, construction…
Research in the Journal of American College Health examines substance use differences among students at four-year and two -year colleges. The study authors determined that…
Labor statistics are always interesting. Michigan’s unemployment numbers for the month of April were released last week. While national unemployment remained steady, Michigan’s unemployment rate…
According to a report released earlier this month by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, fewer transfer students from community colleges make it to four-year…