Lefiest Galimore, a longtime Black resident and former social worker, is concerned about the trends and wants to find a way for Black people to continue to have a place in and thrive in Ann Arbor.

The Lansing Promise began funding college for Lansing high school graduates in 2012. Since then, 1,622 students have received Lansing Promise scholarships.

Nine community colleges in the state – including Muskegon Community College and Southwestern Michigan Community College – will receive grants to improve student success rates among adult students.

There are several statewide programs in place to facilitate Michigan getting to Sixty by 30. They have at their core, community colleges.

Whitmore Lake is one of 19 high schools across Michigan that sent more than 70 percent of its graduates to college last year despite having a student population that was more than 40 percent economically disadvantaged.

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes back Ryan Fewins-Bliss, MCAN executive director of MCAN, to review this year's College Access Advocacy Day.

Sault Area High School and Pickford Public High School, along with eight other Michigan high schools, received grant money for programs to help students prepare for college.

For most workers, having some college education is now the most reliable route to a good job. Eighty-two percent of good jobs in Michigan go to workers with education beyond high school, compared to around 80 percent of good jobs nationally.

Michigan has a once-in-a-generation chance to use American Rescue Plan Act funds to help adults who come back to finish college and to take aggressive steps to re-engage the “lost classes” of 2020, 2021 and 2022 who delayed or dropped college plans.

The Lapeer High School counseling department organized the school’s Decision Day. A celebration of all things “next step,” seniors were invited to share their post-grad plans, whatever that plan might be.