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Whitmer announces $24.5M AmeriCorps investment to address COVID-19 recovery, strengthen communities
Upper Michigan's Source
Gov. Whitmer and the Michigan Community Service Commission Thursday announced Michigan’s $24.5 million AmeriCorps investment that will support over 1,000 AmeriCorps members tackling some of the state’s toughest challenges.
Requests for U.S. college aid are down, with experts blaming the pandemic.
The New York Times
Michigan was one of the most affected states in terms of college enrollment losses last fall, with a decline of 9.2 percent, according to Ryan Fewins-Bliss, executive director of the Michigan College Access Network.
Fewer students applying for the Lansing Promise Scholarship
FOX 47
The Lansing Promise scholarship is designed to give Lansing high school students help with paying for college, but the program is seeing a decline in applicants this year.
Deadline nears for thousands of Michigan residents offered free tuition
Bridge Michigan
Michiganders who were accepted into the Futures for Frontliners free-tuition program must complete the required financial paperwork, and enroll in community college by fall or into trade school by December.
MCAN awards $20,000 grant to Oceana College Access Network
Ludington Daily News
The Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) has awarded the Oceana College Access Network with a $20,000 Continuous Improvement Grant to support expansion and improved data collection practices.
Even as COVID wanes, fewer low-income students enroll in Michigan colleges
Bridge Michigan
For a second year in a row, fewer Michigan low-income high school graduates appear to be enrolling in college, a troubling trend experts attribute to the lingering impact of the pandemic.
The path to Greater Lansing’s economic future is through college readiness and education
Lansing State Journal
Supporting educational attainment in Greater Lansing is an investment in our existing talent pipeline and strengthens our business and talent attraction efforts.
Our state and local economies are facing a college enrollment crisis
Lansing State Journal
Our postsecondary education attainment levels — 49.1 percent in Michigan, according to the Lumina Foundation — haven’t kept up with the steep rise in demand for highly skilled workers.
Gov. Whitmer signs bills to expand access to college scholarships
Mid-Michigan NOW
The Governor has signed House Bills 4055 and 4056 to allow the Michigan Department of Treasury to use overall scholastic achievement to determine eligibility for competitive college scholarships instead of relying exclusively on the ACT and SAT.
Gov. Whitmer sets goal to have 60% of residents with a postsecondary degree/certificate
Mid-Michigan NOW
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) has hired ten Michigan Reconnect Navigators (Navigators) and invested $430,000 into the Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) College Completion Corps to support Michigan’s adult students.