AdviseMI Begins Training for College Advisers
July 23, 2018 - LANSING, Mich.- AdviseMI, an initiative through the Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) has begun its annual four-week training program for high school advisers on the campus of Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing. Once trained, 56 recent college graduates will serve as postsecondary education advisers in 70 schools across Michigan, with a special focus on schools where a lower percentage of students attend college...Read more
Pursuing persistence and completion: Innovative Program Grant jump starts Washtenaw's Community Scholarship Program
In 2016, Washtenaw Futures received an Innovative Program Grant from MCAN to help launch the Community Scholarship Program and College Success Coach Initiative, a new program developed in partnership with the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Washtenaw Community College, and Eastern Michigan University. The Community Scholarship Program provides renewable scholarships for up to five years of college for students who are economically disadvantaged, students of color, and/or first-generation college students, and also provides a College Success Coach for scholars to help them successfully navigate to and through college....Read more
