higher education

The University of Michigan and Michigan State University are raising tuition, partly in response to uncertain funding from the state and federal governments.

The representatives spoke a day before a Congressional hearing in which college and university leaders are expected to discuss how they've combated antisemitism.

A lawyer discusses the legal concerns she's weighing as the federal government continues to revoke student visas without warning or explicit reason.

The LEAD program gave merit-based scholarships to admitted UM students from racial and ethnic minority groups. It started as a way to promote diversity in the student body after Michigan outlawed Affirmative Action policies.

Today, we catch up with Michigan Public's Zena Issa about what's happening at ArabCon in Dearborn. Then, we discuss the recent college free speech rankings released by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Later, we listen in on an interview by Michigan Public's Tyler Scott about name, image, and likeness, as well as an Interlochen Public Radio feature about a news outlet's return as a non-profit.

Although there are no state senate elections this year, a new map of the Metro Detroit area has been submitted for review. Additionally, we hear about the competing reactions to the building of a new copper mine in the Western Upper Peninsula. Plus, a conversation with two professors about their recent book on Black women and how higher educational spaces have treated them.

The topic of campus protests created tension Thursday in the Michigan Senate as lawmakers debated the state's next higher education budget.

Cleary is skipping letters of recommendation, admissions essays, a lengthy application form, and application fees for Livingston County graduates with at least a 2.0 GPA.

The Michigan Reconnect program would offer scholarships for students age 21 and older to cover tuition costs at a local community college.

Fewer low-income and Black students are enrolling in Michigan colleges and universities.