To prosper, Michigan must be a more educated place. Bridge will explore the challenges in education and identify policies and initiatives that address them.
First-year MSU students will have to pay nearly 7 percent more for dorm rooms and meals than current first-year students, based on rising food and energy costs. MSU continues to withhold records on serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar, citing attorney-client privilege.
Michigan is producing more engineers and fewer English majors as a shift toward science and technology fields comes as fewer are opting for liberal arts degrees. The shift also shows more women and minorities are graduating with STEM degrees, fields long dominated by men.
Dexter is one of a number of districts joining a federal suit against the developers of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tik Tok, YouTube and others, contending their ‘addictive’ algorithms target vulnerable children and teens.
As University of Michigan nears the end of the semester, it has argued a graduate student worker strike is causing irreparable harm. A Washtenaw County judge disagreed Monday afternoon.
Across the country, some states are banning transgender athletes from participating in sport teams that are consistent with their gender identity. Some states face court battles and a new Biden proposal could add further questions in the ongoing debate over transgender athletes.
Across the country, school and library officials face calls to remove books, many with LGBTQ or racial themes. But last week, a federal judge told a Texas library to reverse its ban. Could it be a road map for free-speech advocates in Michigan?
Dr. Rodney Hanley has been university president since 2018. In announcing his resignation, he said he was living to pursue another, unspecified opportunity. The university said it will conduct a national search to replace him.
Tensions continue to escalate between the University of Michigan and its graduate student workers. The university filed a complaint Thursday asking a court to order striking graduate students back to work.
The University of Michigan has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the union representing graduate student workers, contending its strike amounts to a breach of contract. The grad students walked off the job Wednesday morning.
It’s part of a national rollout of the Black history course, which drew conservative criticism for topics that included Black Lives Matter, followed by progressive backlash after some of those topics were dropped.
Grad student workers will stop teaching undergraduate students Wednesday morning, just weeks before classes end. The union is seeking a big pay increase. U-M vows legal action, saying a strike would violate the current contract and state law.
The first 10 calls to 911 show chaos, fear and confusion at MSU and pose new questions about why police waited more than 12 minutes to alert students of an active shooter on campus.
March is reading month and while it’s no secret that Michigan students test below the national average when it comes to reading comprehension and writing, Michigan teachers are doing everything they can to help students improve their reading skills.
The union representing the grad students passed a strike vote late Thursday as they seek a 60-percent pay hike and other benefits. The school said walking out on teaching undergrads would violate the current contract and vowed to continue classes if there is a strike.
As Michigan State moves to make active shooter training mandatory for all students and staff, records show optional sessions offered by the university were rarely attended before last month’s mass shooting.
A survivor of last month’s mass shooting speaks publicly for the first time, saying he is still haunted but will never forget those who came to his aid.
At a September meeting with top MSU leaders, including the police chief, at least two faculty members raised concerns about a lack of door locks in the event of a campus shooting. One speaker cited Berkey Hall specifically.