Independent workforce research for community college program leaders.

Wavelength started because CE leaders kept telling us the same thing: the labor market data they were buying didn't answer the questions on their desk. The reports ran 200 pages and ended at "therefore, we recommend monitoring the trend."

We write the report you'd write if you had three weeks and a copy of every BLS, JOLTS, OEWS, and IPEDS file. We make a recommendation. We tell you what to stop doing. We cite the data, but we don't hide behind it.

Who reads us

CE and workforce deans, program developers, VPs of academic affairs, and grant managers at U.S. community colleges. The newsletter is free and ships Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The reports are for when the question is yours — your region, your catalog, your board.

How we work

Most reports take two to four weeks. We work with one or two people on your team. Usually the dean or program director, plus whoever knows the strategic plan. No 15-person engagement models. No SOWs that bury the deliverable on page 12.

No retainers. No software resale. No tools we're paid to recommend. Every recommendation is one we'd defend in front of your faculty senate.

Get in touch

Have a decision in front of you? Reach out. Or email hello@withwavelength.com. We read everything.

Read the newsletter for two weeks before you decide.

You'll see how we think, how we write, and the kind of conclusions we're willing to make. If a report still makes sense after that, you'll know.