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MCAN offers hotline to answer high school senior questions
May 5, 2020
Manistee News Advocate
Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) and partners launched a college advising hotline today to answer questions Michigan high school students have about attending college.
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Summerfield High School recognized for FAFSA results
May 2, 2020
The Monroe News
Summerfield High School will get a gubernatorial visit next fall after producing some of the highest completion rates for student federal aid.
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Decision Day for high school seniors goes digital as coronavirus cancels celebrations
April 26, 2020
The Port Huron Times Herald
A Blue carpet. A photo booth. Maybe even a T-shirt cannon. Those were some of the ideas Yale High School was considering to celebrate their seniors this year.
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Schools cited for improved financial aid applications
April 26, 2020
Spartan Newsroom
The network recently cited Niles High, Hazel Park High School in Hazel Park,Central Academy in Ann Arbor and nine others for achieving the most-improved completion rates among schools of their size.
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ACC to expand virtual courses for area high schoolers
April 16, 2020
The Alpena News
Alpena Community College will receive $10,000 from the Michigan College Access Network to train additional instructors to expand virtual college credit-earning opportunities for high school students in Northeast Michigan.
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Niles High School recognized for outstanding 2020 FAFSA completion rates
April 16, 2020
Leader Publications
Niles High School recognized for outstanding 2020 FAFSA completion rates.
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MCAN Commends Gov. Whitmer, Calls For Focus On College-Going Students During COVID-19 Crisis
April 10, 2020
Michigan Business Network
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has significantly altered the lives of people around the world
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April 8, 2020
FOX 47
MCAN has announced new COVID-19 Response Grants to help Michigan high schools, LCANs, community-based nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions to support emergent postsecondary projects and programs in their communities.
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72 Michigan high schools selected to host AdviseMI AmeriCorps program college advisers
April 7, 2020
FOX 47
Seventy-two Michigan high schools have been selected to host college advisers through the Michigan College Access Network’s (MCAN) AdviseMI AmeriCorps program for the 2020-21 school year.
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HFC student speaks at Advocacy Training and Hill Day in Washington, D.C.
April 2, 2020
Dearborn Press & Guide
HFC student speaks at Advocacy Training and Hill Day in Washington, D.C.
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Mid-Michigan educators advise staying on top of schooling and important deadlines amid Coronavirus Pandemic
March 27, 2020
WILX
Mid-Michigan educators advise staying on top of schooling and important deadlines amid Coronavirus Pandemic.
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Traverse City Community in Brief: Benzie Schools to Share Adviser
March 17, 2020
Traverse City Record Eagle
Traverse City Community in Brief: Benzie Schools to Share Adviser
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2020 Spirit of Community Award winners announced
March 6, 2020
Today @ Wayne
2020 Spirit of Community Award winners announced
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‘I Want to See You Here’: How to Make College a Better Bet for More People
February 27, 2020
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Educators, policy makers, and funders have all started talking more about social mobility, but are they pulling the right levers?
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Benzie Central, Frankfort to share a full-time college and career adviser
February 26, 2020
Laredo Morning Times
Students at Benzie Central and Frankfort High Schools will benefit from a new grant assisted program, Advise MI, that is run through MCAN.
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DREAMers find confusion in college admissions policies
February 21, 2020
Spartan Newsroom
The lack of a common admissions policy to public universities is creating confusion for DREAMers and other undocumented applicants.
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WSCC moving forward with MI-BEST program
February 21, 2020
Manistee News Advocate
Eliminating barriers to help students succeed at the college level is the focus of The Michigan — Building Economic Stability Today (MI-BEST) program that is being implemented at West Shore Community College this year.
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Deadline for completing FAFSA approaching
February 21, 2020
Holland Sentinel
The deadline for high school seniors to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is quickly approaching, and most area schools are well short of meeting a challenge issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earlier in the school year.