New state data showing a 2025 college enrollment drop has some split on whether the state’s Michigan Achievement Scholarship is working to encourage more students to go to college.
Kim Kozlowski
Kim covers P-20 education for Bridge Michigan, focusing on issues that impact students and communities across the state. She joined the team in July 2025 after a 25-year tenure at The Detroit News where she reported on several beats including higher education. Prior to that, she reported for daily newspapers in New York, North Dakota and Missouri. Known for her investigative work, she’s been honored with three journalism fellowships and the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2021 Journalist of the Year. In 2025, the student newspaper of Eastern Michigan University, her alma matter, inducted her into the Eastern Echo Hall of Fame. Her interests include yoga, hiking and stand-up paddleboarding, preferably in northern Michigan. She lives in Ferndale with her husband, dog and two cats. Reach her at kkozlowski@bridgemi.com or on social media @kimberkoz.
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MSU’s new ethics policy: Gag order or commonsense loyalty guide for trustees?
Approved during a rare Sunday meeting, a new ethics policy is drawing criticism from those who say it violates free speech. But proponents say it’s necessary to outline expectations of trustees.
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Michigan steps up work to persuade young men to go to college, get skills training
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U-M faculty slam president’s apology for faculty leader’s commencement speech
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Michigan community colleges boost virtual, in-person mental health services
Virtual mental health services are among the resources that are being offered to community college students in an effort with the business and philanthropic community to increase student success.
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What’s next in the search for a new U-M president?
As U-M’s president-elect steps aside for health reasons, the university has options for finding a new leader who will face numerous challenges.
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U-M President-elect Kent Syverud announces cancer diagnosis, will not take office
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Antisemitism, Islamophobia claims roil U-M Board of Regents race
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U-M shifts funding from DEI into its free tuition program, Go Blue Guarantee
The millions of dollars the University of Michigan had been spending on its diversity equity and inclusion initiative have helped expand a free-tuition program to thousands more students.