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Monroe Community College (NY) announces layoffs

By Eileen Peck

Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY announced yesterday that it plans layoffs of faculty and staff in an effort to "right-size" the college. Enrollment at...

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CampusWorks Tries, Fails to Hijack Coconino CC IT Department

By Eileen Peck

According to reports published in the Arizona Daily Sun, our friends at CampusWorks tried and failed to take over the Coconino Community College IT Department...

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Retirement another reason to pursue high-wage jobs

By Eileen Peck

If Washtenaw Community College Trustees need another reason to insist that the WCC Administration immediately refocus on creating programs that lead graduates to high-wage jobs,...

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Washtenaw County Needs a Better WCC

By Eileen Peck

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...

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WCC programs don’t support Washtenaw County

By Eileen Peck

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...

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A recently released report by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning indicates that the overwhelming majority of higher education faculty and staff believe that…

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