Jul 22, 2024
More Than Grades: Examining Mental Health Support Systems for Postsecondary Students and Beyond.
Nicklas Bara is a third-year medical student at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine and owner of Nucleus Tutoring. Bara discusses mental health challenges faced by pre-medical students, available support resources, and ways to expand student mental health care.
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State budget increases funding for schools, expands financial aid for Michigan students
Funding will be used to grow college and career readiness programming.
Initiative will provide resources for higher education institutions to effectively support marginalized populations
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Nicklas Bara is a third-year medical student at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine and owner of Nucleus Tutoring. Bara discusses mental health challenges faced by pre-medical students, available support resources, and ways to expand student mental health care.
Today, high school advisers have either already completed or are nearing the end of their school year-long contracts. After a year like this, how can we provide additional support for advisers to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue?
Ryan Fewins-Bliss' testimony in favor of recommendations for increased access to higher education in Michigan, as delivered to the Michigan House Higher Education Committee and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education and Community Colleges.
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Under the stars: Experts offer help with FAFSA forms in a fun atmosphere at the Delta Planetarium
Route Bay City
Graduates of Bay and Arenac high schools are invited to the FAFSA night at the Delta College Planetarium, 100 Center Ave., from 4 to 7 p.m. Wed., Aug. 7. The Bay Area Community Foundation, in partnership with the Bay City Public Schools and the Bay-Arenac ISD, received a grant through Michigan College Access Network to fund the free event, which is open to anyone who graduated in 2024 and earlier from a Bay or Arenac county high school.
Education budget makes strides on Whitmer’s free pre-K and community college plans
Michigan Advance
Michigan lawmakers expanded access for free pre-K and community college in the Fiscal Year 2025 education budget, which were centerpiece plans for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who’s planning to sign the bill Tuesday afternoon in Flint. Education advocates said Whitmer’s plan would normalize additional free schooling on both ends of the traditional K-12 track, which could help improve Michigan’s workforce.
College leaders in last-minute 'frenzy' to increase FAFSA completion, enrollment
Crain's Detroit Business
With the start of fall semester classes at Michigan colleges and universities only a month or so out, the frenzied push to get more new high school graduates to complete the federal financial aid form for the coming year continues.