Students and schools are struggling during the pandemic. Here’s what’s in Whitmer’s recovery plan.
Michigan Advance
Many Michigan students are struggling with academic performance and social and emotional health, teachers are suffering from burnout and colleges are experiencing plunging enrollment rates during the pandemic. This month, Gov. Whitmer rolled out a plan.
Back to school: Michigan free college tuition program attracts 70,000
Bridge Michigan
Over 70,000 Michigan residents have applied for Michigan Reconnect to attend community college tuition-free, granting thousands a chance to head back to the classroom or enhance their skills without burning a hole in their wallet.
Innovations in college aid: The FAFSA maze now includes drive-thru
The Christian Science Monitor
From drive-thru services and virtual guidance to incentives like the Dash for Cash program, college advisers and college access groups are finding new ways to encourage FAFSA completion across the country.
Free College Offer Lures Thousands
Inside Higher Ed
State officials in Michigan expected a big response when they launched a free college program for adults earlier this year. They got lots of takers, all right -- 67,000 and counting.
Opinion | Michigan needs more college grads. Step one: completing the FAFSA
Bridge Michigan
Students who skip college because they don’t think they can afford it – most often students of color, low-income students, and/or would-be first-generation college students – undercut their own economic opportunities.
As COVID spread, far fewer Michigan high school grads enrolled in college
Bridge Michigan
Less than 55 percent of 2020 Michigan high school graduates enrolled in college within six months of getting diplomas, a plummet of 5 percentage points in one year, according to data from the Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information.
Michigan free college tuition programs spread across the state
Bridge Michigan
Tuition-free programs are spreading across Michigan’s four-year college campuses, a movement that appears to have been sparked by two new and wildly popular free community college programs initiated recently by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Educational Focus in Michigan Turns to Helping Find Success Beyond High School
Rural Insights
A look at completion rates in the Upper Peninsula and ways to improve college access and success for rural Michiganders in that part of the state.
High school seniors encouraged to complete FAFSA by March 1
Holland Sentinel
Michigan high school seniors are encouraged to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1 to ensure priority consideration for state aid.
MCAN grant paid for Sanilac SAT tutoring
Sanilac County News
Schools in Sanilac County were able to offer an SAT tutoring program for high school students last year, thanks in part to a grant to Brown City Schools from the Michigan College Access Network.