Michigan colleges and universities

New court filings show four Michigan students who now face deportations had run-ins with police years ago. There is no evidence the arrests led to charges, let alone convictions.

As US colleges are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose campus mentors, move-in events, scholarships and diversity offices where they always have felt welcome on predominately white campuses.

International students’ future in the United States is in limbo as the Trump administration revokes student legal status often with little explanation. Michigan education and workforce development officials say they’re worried about the consequences.

CMU officials discovered the visa terminations while doing routine checks of a federal database, and still have received no explanation from immigration officials. The University of Michigan later said four of its students were affected.

In the last few years, there’s been payment pauses, promises of forgiveness and lots of court challenges in the student loan landscape. What does it all mean?

Despite efforts in recent years to increase tuition-free access to higher education, women outnumber men at the state’s community colleges, universities and — most visibly — in the Michigan Reconnect Program.