Recently, I ran across an article on a website called CounterPunch, which offered a familiar litany of complaints about higher education. The author’s ultimate question…
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Community college administrators (including those at Washtenaw Community College) have worried about enrollment declines for some time. Based on a prolonged decline in the overall…
Campus construction is a drawn-out process. Building projects can take years to complete. One tricky aspect of a construction project is the funding. A campus…
Half of Americans would bend down to pick up a penny, so it’s safe to assume that no one wants to leave a billion dollars…
Last month, I provided WCC Board of Trustees candidate Ruth Hatcher with a series of questions, which you can see here. Ms. Hatcher declined to…
If taxpayers spend just a few minutes looking at WCC, they’ll begin to see clearly what they’re getting for their money. WCC touches a lot…
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…
As part of its cost-cutting measures, WCC has laid off a number of its employees. The Administration targeted the “Independent Group” for these reductions in…
At the June 23 Board of Trustees meeting, Board Chair Christina Fleming offered the following commentary. “I’d like to just say a couple of things…