U-M is joining the state and other companies in making a commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But some say emission reductions aren’t happening fast enough to fight climate change.
Bridge Michigan’s Ron French, MCAN chair Maddy Day and Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz discuss the impact of COVID-19 on post-secondary education.
Republicans in Michigan are joining conservative colleagues across the country in a race to pre-emptively ban COVID-19 “vaccine passports,” citing concerns over privacy and personal liberty amid a mass inoculation effort.
Fewer high school grads enrolled in college last year, and Michigan is on pace for another decline, if more students don’t complete the FAFSA by May 1.
On April 29, Bridge Michigan senior writer Ron French will moderate a Zoom discussion with Michigan College Access Network board chair Maddy Day and Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz on the impact of COVID on higher education this fall and beyond.
Michigan plans to distribute thousands of doses of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine to public and private colleges in coming days, in hopes of immunizing students before they leave campuses as the school year ends.
“I pledge to be part of a respectful dialogue going forward and challenge my colleagues and others to do the same,” Regent Ron Weiser said at a board meeting Friday. The group censured his harsh words about Democratic and GOP leaders.
A vote to censure is one of the few actions the body can take, since members are elected. Weiser’s comments have renewed debate over a longstanding culture of misogyny in state political circles.
The enrollment drop last fall was particularly pronounced among Black, Hispanic, and low-income students, groups hit hard by the pandemic and the resulting economic strain. See how college enrollment rates in your school district changed in 2020.
Michigan Technological University has had a series of controversies over institutional racism. Now, a racist hate group has turned its sights on the predominantly white school, amid a surge in hate crimes statewide.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s programs offering tuition-free community college to low-income students and frontline workers have fueled a race among four-year universities to promote similar deals. Millions of Michigan residents can now qualify for free or deeply discounted degrees.
With a blizzard of new “free tuition” programs, it can be confusing who qualifies for what and where. Here’s a place to start your research on the real cost of higher education across Michigan.
A massive vaccination program has given MSU hope to return to something close to normal in the fall. But as with everything in the pandemic, those plans are subject to change.
In a predominantly white university in one of Michigan’s whitest regions, a declaration against racism prompts two white professors to claim they’re the real victims. Critics say the ongoing debate is exposing hard truths.
