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.
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