More than 120,000 essential workers signed up for free community college tuition through the Futures for Frontliners program. The state expects to launch a similar program soon for the roughly 3 million Michigan adults over age 25 who lack a college degree.
Michigan colleges and universities
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With COVID surging, Michigan State University tells students to stay home
COVID-19 cases are dropping statewide, but at Michigan’s two biggest universities, new coronavirus concerns have led to campus clampdowns on gatherings.
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Best of Bridge Michigan: The top education stories of 2020
The pandemic forced Michigan schools to go remote. It didn’t always go well. This week, Bridge revisits its most impactful stories.
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Opinion | Michigan colleges fighting to survive — for students and communities
Channeling the grit of the students they serve, Michigan’s community colleges are fighting to stay open amid a pandemic that has upended postsecondary education.
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Michigan to close high schools, colleges, bars for 3 weeks as COVID spikes
A surge in the coronavirus in Michigan means another round of restrictions, including efforts to limit family gatherings for Thanksgiving.
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COVID spurs University of Michigan to close dorms, ask students to stay home
To try to head off another surge of coronavirus cases, U-M is encouraging students to stay in their hometowns next semester. The request comes as cases are skyrocketing in Michigan and nationwide.
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Opinion | Federal higher ed relief urgently needed for Michigan students
Federal funding is about to run out, and with them, a backbone of economic support for the state of Michigan.
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COVID outbreaks slowing at Michigan K-12 schools, dropping at colleges
There are outbreaks in 99 Michigan school buildings, and more than 4,400 cases on college campuses. Still, there were signs the spread was slowing or receding in the past week.
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Opinion | What Lansing got right: working together to educate more in Michigan
Honoring essential workers with free tuition is good public policy.
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Despite rise in COVID, Michigan State to offer more classes, dorm housing
Saying coronavirus cases are the result of off-campus partying rather than classroom interaction, MSU is moving aggressively to increase in-person classes and on-campus housing beginning in January.