Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional US birth rate data for 2020. According to the report, the fertility rate was…
Posts tagged as “WCC Michigan Reconnect”
One of the stated goals of Michigan Reconnect was to enroll 70,000 Michiganders age 25+ in educational programs by July. Mission accomplished. According to the…
The latest figures from the Michigan Reconnect program show that nearly 72,000 people have applied for benefits under the program. Michigan Reconnect provides community college…
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…
A report from the State of California shines a new light on the struggles of student parents at the community college level. Using data from…
Earlier this week, the Detroit News published a lengthy piece on the two Detroit promise programs. The programs provide free community college tuition for Detroit…
For the past year, we have (understandably) been focused on the pandemic. Its impact has sent shockwaves through the economy in ways we could not…
On Monday, the State of Michigan announced that it had received more than 62,000 applications for the Michigan Reconnect program. That smashed the State’s initial…
Yesterday, I looked at the impact of COVID-19 on recent high school graduates. But adult learners in Washtenaw County will feel the effects of the…
Research published in 2020 by the National Bureau of Economic Research showed that there is untapped potential in older students. As many as 30 million…