Two years ago today the WCC community said goodbye to the College’s in-house IT staff. The current WCC administration outsourced the entire Information Technology staff.…
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In January, an online news magazine called The Hechinger Report published a rather lengthy piece on outsourcing in higher education. The article included a skewed…
I have a feeling that no one spends time looking at WCC trustee voting records. Except me. I have long complained about the WCC Board…
Last summer, the WCC administration outsourced its in-house IT staff. The outsourcing contract requires WCC to make payments of more than $433,000 per month to…
Two recent articles in the Washtenaw Voice once again surface the issue of uncontrolled administrative spending. The story begins innocently enough, with a December 4…
The March 10 WCC millage renewal request represents an increasingly rare opportunity for voters to weigh in on the administration of Washtenaw Community College. Voters…
Apparently recognizing WCC’s former IT staff is too much to ask. Washtenaw Community College has a “tradition” of acknowledging its employees when they arrive and…
Publicly funded institutions have access to large amounts of money. They often have the power of taxation. They can also make or break businesses. As…
Finding the right IT executive talent can be expensive, but how much should WCC have paid for a Chief Information Officer and a Chief Information…
In June, the WCC Board of Trustees approved a $26M no-bid contract for managed IT services. On the surface, the cost of this contract is…