Parking lots are not glamorous, but a 954-car ramp taught Saint Paul, MN a very valuable lesson. The parking lot in question is in downtown…
Posts tagged as “WCC Board of Trustees”
The National Student Clearinghouse released enrollment data for the Winter 2022 semester. Overall, undergraduate enrollment declined by 662,000 students compared to Winter 2021. Since the…
For the past couple of days, I’ve written about WCC’s development of short-term certificates, despite evidence dating back to 2015 that these programs produce no…
For whatever reason, Washtenaw Community College has gone all in on certificates over associate’s degrees. The strategy is certainly questionable for the college, but it’s…
Seattle Central College hasn’t had a very good year. The community college, one of eight community colleges in the Seattle College system, has been plagued…
Community colleges around the country are crafting different strategies to address budget shortfalls. In some cases, community college administrators are dealing with 8-digit deficits. The…
A growing chorus of critics is seeking to withhold federal financial aid from certain certificate programs. Ordinarily, criticism alone isn’t enough to generate impact. But…
Lansing legislators have once again begun the budget planning for Michigan’s higher education institutions. As of yet, they have made no decisions, but separate proposals…
For the last few days, I’ve written about a dangerous practice that WCC has adopted. In both the Board Meeting earlier this week and throughout…
At Tuesday’s Board Meeting, the Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees approved a 50% increase to the per-credit hour fee students currently pay for…. um……