Talent & Education

Government lawyers said the federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after lawsuits across the country, including in Michigan.

The ‘science of reading’ is gaining momentum across the country. But making it happen in Michigan classrooms takes time, funds and staff buy-in.

An auction that launched Thursday will ‘go Green’ for MSU’s athletics department as the school’s surplus store seeks buyers for the iconic images from three outdated football stadium scoreboards.

New court filings show four Michigan students who now face deportations had run-ins with police years ago. There is no evidence the arrests led to charges, let alone convictions.

Families can’t afford to pay and workers can’t afford to stay. Michigan’s child care crisis is crimping family budgets and hobbling Michigan businesses.

As US colleges are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose campus mentors, move-in events, scholarships and diversity offices where they always have felt welcome on predominately white campuses.

Tuition discounts haven’t worked. Nor has mostly free community college. Now, the state is trying sweepstakes to get more teens to fill out financial aid forms. Similar incentives have had mixed success.

International students’ future in the United States is in limbo as the Trump administration revokes student legal status often with little explanation. Michigan education and workforce development officials say they’re worried about the consequences.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is aiming to get more men in college and skills training programs in Michigan. Here’s how.

CMU officials discovered the visa terminations while doing routine checks of a federal database, and still have received no explanation from immigration officials. The University of Michigan later said four of its students were affected.

Rice’s departure comes at a crucial time for Michigan education, where some state education chiefs are embracing President Trump’s education agenda and others like Rice are fighting it.

In the last few years, there’s been payment pauses, promises of forgiveness and lots of court challenges in the student loan landscape. What does it all mean?

Michigan officials said schools would be on hook for $40 million after the federal government halted COVID-19 payments. While uncertainty remains, the total is less than half that.

Less focus has been paid to the role employers can play in the fight to improve attendance.

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is telling states that the time to spend COVID relief funds is over. More than 25 Michigan districts could be on the hook for a combined $42 million in spending.

Despite efforts in recent years to increase tuition-free access to higher education, women outnumber men at the state's community colleges, universities and — most visibly — in the Michigan Reconnect Program.

President Donald Trump has made clear he does not support diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The University of Michigan just reversed its DEI stance.

President Donald Trump is taking steps to further shrink the Department of Education's influence in education.

Many Michigan schools were built before 1970, a new report shows. How can districts cover the costs to get schools up to health and safety standards?

The number of students considered ‘economically disadvantaged’ students in Michigan fell 7.5% this year. That means millions less for schools, even if the finances of the students’ families haven’t necessarily changed.