Amanda Hedges-Harrison is among 22,000 people who accepted Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s offer of tuition-free community college. Cost is only one reason that busy adults, many with children and jobs, don’t complete degrees.
Michigan colleges and universities
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | While we have the cash, let’s boost Michigan’s college scholarships
An overhaul of the Michigan Competitive Scholarship is one of the best possible uses to make a transformational change in our state’s trajectory.
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Opinion | Teacher shortages hobble Michigan schools. Here’s how to fix it
We need a major investment to incentivize Michiganders to join, and remain in, Michigan’s classrooms.
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan college COVID outbreaks plummet as students vaccinate and mask up
Cases related to outbreaks are down at colleges this fall, but have risen sharply in the state’s K-12 system, where students are far less likely to be vaccinated or required to wear a mask.
Posted inTalent & Education
Amid controversies, U-M President Mark Schlissel announces 2023 departure
The leader of one of the top public universities in the nation has had some ups and downs in eight years at the helm.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
How Michigan State University helped 77 Afghans escape the Taliban
As the Taliban seized Kabul, the lives of Afghan grain researchers affiliated with MSU became imperiled. “We will kill you,” the insurgents wrote to a woman scholar. This is the story of how an obscure group of MSU food researchers helped them evade capture.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Michigan universities limit dining options, citing worker shortage
Even big schools like MSU are closing cafeterias, altering menus to items that require less labor and asking administrators to help serve. Even the hallowed soft-serve ice cream machine is not immune. Welcome to college life in 2021.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Biden vaccine mandate: What’s it mean for Michigan schools, those who refuse?
Is this legal? How will it be enforced? The federal rule isn’t yet written, but here’s what we know about the test and vaccination requirement for employers with more than 100 workers.
Posted inMichigan Government
Whitmer, GOP race toward budget deal as shutdown deadline looms in Michigan
Michigan is flush with federal stimulus cash, but annual budget talks are headed to the wire. One potential sticking point: Higher education spending, because of university mask mandates.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michigan’s community colleges help students outside classrooms, too
Providing students with non-academic resources like food and child care is the most practical way to increase academic success.