Talent & Education

Tensions are high again in Ottawa County, as staffers quit the Patmos Library after a conservative board takes over.

Grasso has led the University of Michigan-Dearborn since 2018. He is stepping in as Ono resigns to become University of Florida president but is not expected to be a candidate for the permanent position.

Voters defeated slightly more than half of the requests to borrow money for improvements, a lower success rate than normal for May election. Voters in Democratic-leaning districts were more likely to approve bonds.

Research at Michigan universities and hospitals – including work on cancer treatments and Great Lakes algae blooms — is being pared back or delayed as the Trump administration slashes federal spending.

The University of Michigan’s next president will face scrutiny from a faculty that wants a louder voice against Trump — and a public distrustful of higher education and its politics.

State prosecutors have dropped felony charges against seven people accused of trespassing and resisting police a year ago during the break-up of a pro-Palestinian camp at the University of Michigan.

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‘go Green’ for MSU’s athletics department as the school’s surplus store seeks buyers for the iconic images from three outdated football stadium scoreboards.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