If Washtenaw Community College needs another reason to increase its maintenance budget to the recognized industry standard of 2% of the current replacement value ($7.9M),…
Posts tagged as “neglected maintenance”
The Nampa School District in Nampa, ID voted last month to close four of its K-12 school buildings. According to the school board, they made…
Earlier this week, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted to place a new tax measure on the ballot designed to raise funds to improve…
One of the primary drivers of President Biden’s currently derailed student loan forgiveness plan is the size of student loan debt. Right now, 43 million…
I recently read an interesting editorial regarding public debt. The author divided “public debt” into three different kinds of mismanagement: budgetary mismanagement; failure to invest…
The University of North Carolina has a housing problem for the fall semester. The wait list for on-campus housing has increased by more than 40%…
In its 2022-23 budget, the California State University system sought a whopping $1B to cover neglected maintenance on its campuses. Many of the system’s buildings…
The State of Kansas has a problem with its community colleges. It is the same problem that the other forty-nine states have: enrollment. As is…
Washtenaw Community College officials announced today that they will work proactively to prevent a third sewage spill on campus. Which sounds a little reactive, but…
Over the last two days, I’ve written about two community colleges on different coasts that have a common need: $450 million dollars. That’s the amount…