Three long-term care facilities are collaborating with Washtenaw Community College and Michigan Works! Southeast to quickly train a cohort of students to fill entry-level jobs in patient care, promising a starting wage of $12/hour for those who complete the 40-hour course.
The NMU Board of Trustees recently voted to increase tuition for resident undergrads by 4.2 percent. It also made grant money available to help students offset the higher costs.
Best Value Schools selected the LPN Program at MCC for its small class sizes, flexibility, and the versatility of the program which allows LPN grads to return to get their associate's in nursing.
Three existing degree programs at North Central Michigan College will be available entirely online beginning this fall, a move the college says is to make degree completion more accessible to older students with families and full-time jobs.
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and the Michigan College Access Network awarded five "Sixty by 30" grants to grow the state's highly qualified workforce.
Former MCC President Robert C. Ferrentino, J.D. set up a new scholarship to help first-generation college students pursue higher education and seize opportunities.
After severe flooding in 2020, Phi Theta Kappa members from Mid Michigan College worked with GoEngineer on a project to create a model of the region, seeking to understand how the flooding of 2020 exposed flaws in the system and what can be done to mitigate future flooding.
Federal funds will ease a tuition rate increase for the 2021-2022 academic year recently announced by MSU with financial assistance offered to families earning under $100,000 per year.
A new agreement will allow students transferring from Albion College from KCC to carry more credits over and streamline the application process and graduation requirements.
The Commission on Accreditation of Respiratory Care approved Jackson College's hybrid Respiratory Care Program program which requires students to attend class just one day per week.
