I don’t know why I still find the following clip surprising, but I do. It comes from a Board of Trustees meeting in November 2019.…
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You can’t find a news story today about community colleges that doesn’t mention the sharp decline in enrollment. Community colleges were expecting a big, recession-fueled…
A recent study by the JP Morgan Chase Institute shows the negative impact of student loan debt on Black borrowers. According to the Chase data,…
WCC Master Plan includes a “hotel and conference center.” Alternately, the plan describes the “hotel” as “student housing.” Honestly, I don’t know what the demand…
I’ve been looking at community colleges whose enrollment has risen this fall. Nationally, community college enrollment has declined by nearly 10%. Several of the institutions…
Yesterday, I looked at the rising enrollment at Odessa College, a community college in Odessa, TX. (OC also offers a bachelor’s degree program.) I’m looking…
Nationwide, community college enrollment is down by nearly 10% over last year. COVID-19 has had a profound impact on higher education, and community colleges have…
This summer, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study of student debt outcomes by borrowers’ race and ZIP code. The Fed study…
While economic recessions are not welcome events, they’re also not bad for community colleges. Typical recessions drive enrollment higher as displaced workers retrain, and high…
Very few (if any) community colleges in Michigan have not laid off employees, or cut budgets and programs in response to the pandemic. But how…