The COVID-19 pandemic stopped the classes of 2020 and 2021 from having a proper graduation ceremony. Saturday, they gathered under blue skies to hear Dr. Anthony Fauci urge them to embrace leadership and reject falsities.
Michigan colleges and universities
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Michigan GOP, Whitmer push college tuition aid plans. How their plans differ.
Lawmakers propose competing scholarships, aid programs to return to school during Michigan budget deliberations.
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Student loan forgiveness could help 1.4 million in Michigan. What to know
Residents owe a total of $51 billion in Michigan. Here’s a primer on what we know so far about a plan to forgive some — or all — of that debt.
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At MSU, isotope center opens to unlock universe, revolutionize medicine
Scientists from around the world are expected to flock to East Lansing to conduct research at the $730 million Facility for Rare Isotopes, which officially opens Monday. Its particle accelerator is faster than yours.
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U-M braces for protests of Fauci visit. Students brace for mixed feelings
Dr. Anthony Fauci is speaking at a ‘comeback ceremony’ May 7 for Class of 2020 and 2021 graduates whose commencements were curtailed because of the pandemic.
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Central Michigan University faces civil rights probe for cutting track team
A federal civil rights agency is looking into why CMU ended men’s track and field and then revived its men’s golf program. University President Bob Davies said a tight budget (track costs more to run than golf) not racial bias was the reason.
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At Michigan State, graduation haunted by ‘what could have been’ without COVID
The pandemic didn’t hospitalize or kill as many college students as it did their grandparents, but it still left a mark on “the best four years of your life.”
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With insulin prices skyrocketing, Michigan may go DIY
Frustrated by unaffordable treatments for diabetes and other illnesses, Michigan lawmakers are talking to universities and others about getting the state back in the drug manufacturing business.
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Q+A with Central Michigan University leaders on the plan to rebuild school
CMU’s president and board chair say they understand the difficulty of reversing steep enrollment declines and have big decisions to make in the next budget cycle.
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Low-income Michigan students fare far better at some colleges than others
The majority of Michigan’s public universities, and half its private colleges, are below the national average in the percentage of their low-income students who earn a degree. Some do far better than others in ensuring these students graduate.
