According to data released by the Federal Reserve today, fewer than 54% of American households could weather three months of expenses if they lost their…
Posts tagged as “high-wage jobs”
Yesterday, I wrote about the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED). The “SHED report” is the Fed’s annual effort to take…
One of the most interesting (and not in a good way) paradoxes about the current economy is the rising number of loan and credit card…
In the latest release from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, Fed data show that credit card…
If the WCC Board of Trustees needs another reason to insist that the WCC Administration focus exclusively on creating programs that lead to high-wage, high-demand…
Recently, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released some research that explains exactly how devastating the failure of community colleges has been. I say…
Yesterday, I wrote about the level of poverty in Washtenaw County compared to the level of poverty in Ypsilanti. As I was writing about what…
Yesterday, I wrote about the need to eliminate training programs that lead to low-wage jobs. Studies show these short-term, non-degree programs produce higher wages or…
The State of Michigan’s Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity recently released the state’s updated employment outlook through 2030. The outlook features a list of…
Yesterday, I wrote about what Gen Z wants from a college education and why community colleges are capable of providing that. Their ability to attract…