Last week, I wrote about the Strada Educational Foundation report that analyzed community college student outcomes. The underlying survey delved into the experiences of more…
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It’s no secret that community colleges are in some kind of trouble. The model for these institutions, which Congress initially developed in 1917, was a…
Forbes ran an opinion piece earlier this week that positively gushed about the value of community colleges. It riffed on the recently released America’s Hidden…
In a widely anticipated decision, the US Supreme Court today issued a ruling that bars the consideration of an applicant’s race in higher education admission…
In the last couple of posts, I have written about the state of community college education, and why the current approach to career and transfer…
Yesterday, I wrote about community college education in Michigan, and which degree programs attract the majority of students. Today, I will look at the relative…
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of banking giant JP Morgan Chase, says that raising wages and closing the skills gap are the two most promising paths…
There’s an interesting op-ed that appeared in the Seattle Times today that unintentionally encapsulates what’s wrong with community colleges. The purpose of the piece is…
According to New York Federal Reserve data, Millennials accumulated nearly $4T in personal debt in the last quarter of 2022. That represents the largest accumulation…
You might think that the number of colleges and universities in the US stays relatively constant. You would be wrong. Between 2010-11 and 2020-21, the…