Community colleges pose a growing financial risk
By Eileen Peck
Our current political and economic climates draw two distinct pictures of community colleges right now. On one hand, politicians hail them as the saviors of...
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Community colleges need more than free tuition programs
By Eileen Peck
The Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education and Community Colleges does not appear to support Governor Gretchen Whitmer's plan to make community colleges free...
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Food vendor cuts ties with New York community college
By Eileen Peck
Last week, Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY lost its food vendor, the Compass Group. The vendor supplied campus dining services to about 18,000...
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Community college bond debts will trip up more schools
By Eileen Peck
I've spent the last couple of days writing about Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, OH. The State Auditor of Ohio has determined that LKCC is...
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Lakeland Community College Deficits Require Oversight
By Eileen Peck
Yesterday I wrote about Lakeland Community College and its ongoing financial and governance problems. The Ohio Auditor of State indicated that the school's structural deficits...
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TN Community College Tuition Program Shows Enrollment Pathway

By Eileen Peck on May 16, 2021

The Michigan Reconnect program provides free community college tuition for adult learners without a degree over the age of 25. The program is based on…

The mixed messages of free community college tuition

By Eileen Peck on November 1, 2020

More than 70,000 people in Michigan have applied to the “Futures for Frontliners” program, which provides free community college tuition to eligible frontline workers. In…