Monday, September 23, 2019

Report: Michigan skimps on higher education, and students of color pay the price Koby Levin, Detroit Free Press

Budget cuts at Michigan’s public universities are disproportionately hurting black students by making it more difficult for them to attend college, a new report argues. The report, by The Century Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan think tank, declares a “college affordability crisis in Michigan.” It isn’t clear how many students don’t attend college due to rising tuition costs versus other factors — just 28 percent of students who graduated from the Detroit Public Schools Community District in 2017 completed one year of college credits within a year of graduation. But the report suggests that affordability hurts college attendance rates in communities of color.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/09/16/michigan-higher-education-cuts-students-color/2277941001/