Some campuses went for mandates. But others tried prizes to increase the number of vaccinated students and parents on campus as the fall semester begins.
Michigan colleges and universities
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Michigan college enrollment dropped amid COVID, group urges state to step in
Low-income students aren’t going to college at the rates they were before the pandemic. Is it time for the state to make higher ed more affordable?
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Michigan colleges set fall requirements for masks and COVID-19 vaccines
Check out the latest on rules set by colleges across the state as they prepare to start their fall semesters while the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads, mostly among the unvaccinated.
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Vaccine mandates increase among Michigan employers. What you need to know.
Yes, they can ask. They can even require shots. You can refuse. But don’t be surprised if you’re fired.
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Wayne State University issues vaccine mandate; Central Michigan requires masks
Colleges and universities had expected a normal return to campus this fall but the Delta variant of COVID-19 is scrambling their plans. Businesses like auto manufacturers also are adding mask mandates.
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Q and A: How the pandemic stunted Michigan low-income college enrollment
High school grads on the fence about going to college didn’t get much personal contact with advisors and college representatives last school year because of the pandemic. The result is predictable and sobering.
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University of Michigan, MSU require vaccinations for fall; others may follow
Citing the rise in coronavirus cases in parts of the country, U-M and Michigan State University will mandate proof of COVID vaccinations for all students, staff and faculty.
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Michigan education programs are training teachers, but hundreds aren’t passing the licensing exam
Hundreds of prospective teachers attended training programs in Michigan but failed the licensing exam to become a teacher.
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Deadline nears for thousands of Michigan residents offered free tuition
Futures for Frontliners gave essential workers in the early months of the COVID pandemic a shot at free community college. Some are on campuses, but many more have yet to complete financial forms that would free them of tuition payments.
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Even as COVID wanes, fewer low-income students enroll in Michigan colleges
The state is pushing to get more residents to pursue a college degree. The pandemic appears to still be hobbling those efforts, particularly among poor and first-generation students.