In one case, a female student waited four years before her assailant, a U-M football player, was punished. In another, a male student says he was falsely accused, then tarred by an overzealous court at the university.
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See sexual assault reports for 41 Michigan colleges and universities
Bridge compiled data on forcible sexual offense reports at 41 Michigan colleges and universities between 2011 and 2013.
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Training school counselors to give college advice
Michigan does not require school counselors to receive training on giving college advice to students.<br />
A bill now in the legislature would require such training for counselors entering the field. But with all the focus on road funding, will lawmakers get to it? </p>
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Braving Upper Peninsula winters, Michigan Tech grads strike gold
The hard-working, selective school in Houghton is quietly filling industry’s need for STEM engineers.
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Getting Michigan students interested in STEM careers
While business and education leaders have sounded the trumpet on the need for more STEM graduates, the field can seem daunting to young students.
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State education board urges Legislature to transform how schools are funded
The board’s report cites the recent Bridge series, “The smartest kids in the nation,” which chronicled how other states saw gains when they targeted funds to the schools that needed help most.
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State schools chief: Michigan is 10 years behind leading states
Superintendent Mike Flanagan tells Bridge he is baffled by Michigan’s poor scores on national tests, has been slow to act on key reforms, and may have stayed in his job too long.
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Smartest kids: What Michigan schools can learn from leading states
Students from Minnesota to Florida are learning more. Is Michigan ready to do something about it?
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Smartest kids: Four school advocates raise their hands
We asked four fierce, very different education advocates how to improve Michigan schools. They hit on many reforms successfully used in leading states.
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National education leader: Business must lead fight in Michigan
Bridge sat down with Kati Haycock, founder of the Education Trust in Washington, D.C., to talk about reversing Michigan’s decline and what schools can do for low-income kids when parents aren’t in the game.