If you want to know the future of community colleges, look at Oregon. Budget shortfalls have plagued the system statewide for at least the past…
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If you’re unfamiliar with Head Start, it is a program the Department of Health and Human Services funds to provide comprehensive education and health services…
In President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, he talked about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and its potential to create a half-million clean…
Heartland Community College, in Normal, IL plans to increase its tuition and fees for next year by $8 per credit hour. The increase represents a…
You may never have heard of Tompkins Cortland Community College before. It’s in Dryden, NY – about 10 miles northeast of Ithaca, and about 40…
I have written extensively about the impact of building neglect on the facilities at WCC. Reducing the maintenance budget is a recipe for disaster, and…
I’ve written about this in the past, but it’s something that bears repeating. The WCC Board of Trustees isn’t representative of the population of Washtenaw…
Mott Community College Board Chair Andy Everman narrowly survived a vote last week to remove him from the Chair position. The Board of Trustees called…
The recent announcements of employee layoffs in the largest technology companies have also been followed by announcements of reductions in executive compensation. It’s easy to…
Staffing has become a challenge for some community colleges. In the recent past, they have lost staff to layoffs, attrition, and retirements. Their instructors have…