Click here to read the story: Arizona Republic Story – District Seeks More Funds District seeks more funds MCCCD board to mull property-tax hike amid rising enrollment by Alex Bloom – May. 31, 2009 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Maricopa Community Colleges will consider hiking district property taxes next month, but the measure could face [...]
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AZ Republic Interview w/ Jim Simpson-Tax Hike Leave a comment
KJZZ-Tax Hike Interview w/ Jim Simpson Leave a comment
Click here to hear the interview: KJZZ LINK ( Phoenix, AZ ) The Maricopa County Community College Board of Directors will hold a truth in taxation meeting Tuesday, June ninth in which members could vote to increase the property tax levy. It would amount to an additional $3.80 in taxes per year for a home [...]
MCCFA on Ch. 12 talking about tax incentive for students Leave a comment
President Jim Simpson on Ch. 12
Ch. 15 Coverage on Tax Credits for Students Leave a comment
MCCFA President on Ch. 15 5.19.09 talking about tax credits for students!
Dr. Vaugan Speaks on behalf of FCCFA- Junior colleges brace for more students Leave a comment
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/05/03/20090503enroll0503.html Maricopa Community Colleges expect a surge of new students this fall as adults and high-school graduates face a double whammy of rising university costs and a bleak job market. “Our faculty saw an increase of students over the last year and heard from many that it was due to the job market,” said Barry [...]
Dr. Vaughan Speak on Behalf of MCCFA – Increase of Enrollment Leave a comment
FOX 10 PHOENIX — Junior college officials say they’re seeing an increase in students amid rising costs at state universities and the job market. Spring enrollment in the Maricopa Community College District jumped nearly 5 percent to 250,000 students. Students registered even before the state’s universities imposed tuition surcharges Thursday ranging from $350 at Northern [...]
MCCFA Speaks- Community college tuition increase sought Leave a comment
Like their peers across higher education, students at the Maricopa County Community College District will likely pay more for their classes next school year. Administrators are proposing to increase the price per credit hour at the district’s 10 colleges by $5, or 7 percent. For students taking 15 credit hours a semester, their tuition bill [...]
SCC music profs told not to talk to detectives Leave a comment
The head of Scottsdale Community College’s music department has directed her professors not to speak with Maricopa County Sheriff’s detectives investigating enrollment fraud unless they have a court order. In an e-mail Friday, Christina Novak told the music faculty members that the attorney representing full-time professors throughout the Maricopa County Community College District advised against [...]
Valley junior colleges look at big price jump Leave a comment
Not even community colleges, higher education’s low-cost option, are immune from ever-rising prices. Next week, the Maricopa County Community College District governing board is scheduled to consider a 9 percent tuition increase for next school year. Students would pay $71 per credit hour under the proposal, $6 more than this year. The increase would be [...]
