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High School Innovation
Michigan Students Receive More Than 25,000 College Admission Offers Through MI College Match
October 7, 2026
Statewide direct-admission initiative has generated more than $1 billion in scholarship opportunities, with additional offers still expected.
Advising and Coaching
MCAN celebrates AmeriCorps service, welcomes new college advisers and coaches
September 21, 2026
Last week, Michigan College Access Network celebrated the impact of AmeriCorps members serving high school and college students across Michigan and welcomed a new cohort of advisers and coaches with a dinner and networking reception in Lansing.
Higher Education Innovation
MCAN partners with EAB to launch statewide direct admission program
August 12, 2026
Michigan College Access Network is proud to announce MI College Match, a new partnership with education company EAB and Michigan higher education institutions to roll out a statewide, next-generation direct admission program.
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All Areas of Work
15 Years Forward: The Archive
August 20, 2026
Over the past year, we’ve had the opportunity to celebrate the people, partnerships, milestones, and moments that have shaped Michigan College Access Network over the past 15 years. We’re grateful to everyone who has been part of this journey and helped make MCAN what it is today. As we close out the anniversary, we wanted to make it easy to revisit some of the content we shared throughout the year.
High School Innovation
Skilled and Educated: How David Urlaub is Connecting Career Preparation with Lifelong Learning
August 11, 2026
For 20 years, David Urlaub has helped students at the Bay-Arenac ISD Career Center imagine what life after high school could look like. As a student counselor and the center’s lead SkillsUSA adviser, Urlaub works closely with 11th- and 12th-grade students as they explore careers, build technical skills, and consider the education they’ll need to reach their goals. His work is rooted in a simple belief: students shouldn’t have to choose between becoming skilled and becoming educated.
All Areas of Work
15 Years Forward: When Policy Meets Purpose | Michele Strasz
April 23, 2026
As director of the Capital Area College Access Network (CapCAN) and a leader at United Way South Central Michigan, Michele has spent her career at the intersection of community impact and public policy. As we reflect on 15 years of postsecondary progress through the lens of policy, Michele's story is exactly the one we want to tell.
In the News
Higher Education Innovation
New admissions program connects UDM with in-state students
October 1, 2026
The Varsity News
Detroit Mercy has joined a new statewide program designed to make the college admissions process more accessible for Michigan high school students. The MI College Match program allows students to create one profile that participating colleges can review for potential admission and scholarship offers.
Higher Education Innovation
Education officials meet to discuss the basic needs of college students
September 11, 2026
WILX
Education leaders met in Lansing to talk about how to help college students who are struggling to meet their basic needs. The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential and the Michigan College Access Network hosted the gathering, called “Braiding Community Support for College Student Basic Needs.” The meeting focused on how schools and local groups can work together so students can stay in school and finish their degrees.
Higher Education Innovation
Michigan, Alabama Embrace New Model for Direct Admissions
September 8, 2026
Inside Higher Ed
This fall, a group of private and public colleges in Michigan are joining the dozens of states where students can be admitted to college without sending in an application.