I am not a fan of the WCC Administration’s “be-fruitful-and-multiply” approach to self-preservation. I have written extensively about WCC’s administrative bloat. And about the enormous…
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The US Census Bureau released updated population figures last month for the State of Michigan. Not surprising to anyone (except perhaps the WCC Administration), Washtenaw…
“A fish rots from the head down.” When I was young, my father used to travel to Canada every summer to go muskie fishing. If…
State legislators are working to cover a $2.2 billion COVID-19 related budget hole. $712M will go to the School Aid Fund. Michigan’s public universities and…
San Bernardino Community College District announced this week that it saved local taxpayers millions of dollars by refinancing bonds. SBCC issued the taxpayer-approved bonds in…
If you spend any amount of time looking at public higher education funding, you’ll find an unfortunate trend. State funding for public two- and four-year…
In any given year, WCC takes in a lot of money. The taxpayers very generously overfund the College. Student enrollment is relatively constant. The State…
WCC has an over-abundance of administrators and a shortage of Trustees who are willing to say “No” to the Administration’s inane spending requests. While the…
At the June WCC Board Meeting, Trustee Ruth Hatcher congratulated the administration for giving the Independent group 1.5% raises. Trustee Hatcher probably assumed that “something-is-better-than-nothing.”…
structural deficit – (economics) That portion of the public sector deficit which exists even when the economy is at potential. Government spending beyond government revenues…