Last month, the WCC Board of Trustees handed the students a 4% tuition increase. At the same time, the taxpayers of Washtenaw County handed WCC…
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Earlier today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and US Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo announced that Michigan has landed a new hydrogen plant. Norway’s Nel Hydrogen will…
I don’t have the patience to debate the reality of climate change. If you don’t believe climate change is real, then go buy yourself some…
Yesterday, I wrote about the opportunities that Washtenaw County is missing out on. Nearly 5,000 new jobs in vehicle battery manufacturing and EV charging are…
Here are two facts that illustrate the long-term damage caused by failing to economically differentiate community college degrees from high school diplomas. First, women comprise…
A couple of days ago, I wrote about the effective decrease in instructional spending at WCC due to inflation. Since 2015, WCC’s spending on instruction…
Washtenaw County higher education institutions will have some work to do to maintain enrollment in the coming years. The University of Michigan will always fill…
The pandemic has made it clear that community colleges have a lot of competition for enrollment. Recent high school graduates are making other plans, leaving…
Yesterday, I wrote about poverty in Washtenaw County and the decline in financial aid applications in Michigan. The decline was highest among minority and low-income…