Sinclair Community College

The value proposition of for-profit education

When tax dollars are involved, and our country is going deep in debt, it’s time to re-evaluate what we are investing in. I can already hear a few readers saying the government shouldn’t be involved in education at all, and I can hear others complain about our failure in Ohio to come up with a Read More

Stealing from Savannah (ideas)

I took a short trip to Savannah Ga thanks to a large corporation in Dayton sending my girlfriend to a conference. It wasn’t much of a vacation for me, as I just ended up working from the hotel. But, I did take a lot of walks and met a lot of people. There are some Read More

Sinclair Community College-benefits for which community?

I’ve been critical of the expansion of Sinclair Community College into Warren County. It’s bad enough that we’ve been losing population and business to them- but now they are getting the fruits of our tax support of a Montgomery County institution with zero tax burden. Sure, they will pay more in tuition, but it’s marginally Read More

Dayton Grassroots Daily Show: v.21, Job Retraining

Walmart sells things made in China- but, now, they’re trying to sell themselves as nice guys by handing out chump change donations for job retraining: scholarships are the result of a $336,500 grant Sinclair received in August from the Walmart Foundation. Sinclair was one of eight U.S. community colleges to share in a total of Read More

A model for rebuilding Dayton Public Schools

I had a conversation with Dayton Daily News Editorial board member and former school reporter, Scott Elliott about my “strangely bad ideas” including where he scoffed about Sinclair Community College taking over Dayton Public Schools. He did agree that the DPS brand is beyond tarnished, but, told me there was no precedent, or reason for Read More

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