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Study From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Reveals U-M Policies Used to Police Student Speech Are Unconstitutional
In a recently released report, the University of Michigan earned a failing grade (a yellow light) for its campus policies that seek to regulate student speech. Officials from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)…
Washtenaw County Unmasked: Health Department Lifts K-12 Mask Mandate
Washtenaw County Health Department has announced it will lift its remaining COVID-19 health orders in K-12 educational settings effective Feb 28. This includes two orders, one requiring masks, and another for isolation and…
U-M Presidential Search Committee Seeks Community Input
The University of Michigan Board of Regents has appointed a committee of faculty, staff, students and alumni to assist with the search for the University of Michigan's next president and to collect feedback from the university community.…
U-M Reaches $490M Settlement with 1,050 Anderson Plaintiffs
The University of Michigan and attorneys for approximately 1,050 claimants who have alleged abuse by the late Dr. Robert Anderson announced they have reached a settlement agreement that would resolve all of those survivors’ claims against…
Cancel All Student Debt
by Andre Perry
Renowned education reformer Horace Mann said in 1848, “Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men — the balance wheel of the social…
Amid Sex Scandals and Regent Woes, U-M President Announces He’ll Step Down Before His Contract Ends
By Ron French, Bridge Michigan
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel will be leaving his position in 2023, a year before his contract ends, amid a swirling sex scandal involving a long-time doctor in the athletic department…
U.S. Department of Education Names Ann Arbor School One of Thirteen Blue Ribbon Schools in Michigan
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today recognized 325 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021, including 13 schools in Michigan. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing…
University of Michigan to Require COVID-19 Vaccination on all Campuses
Campus community must submit vaccine information by Aug. 30
On July 30, 2021, the University of Michigan announced that all students, faculty and staff on all three campuses of the college are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19…
UM Peony Garden Open for Viewing
by Sydney Hawkins
Following a pandemic year in which visitors were asked to stay away, the nearly century-old peony garden in the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum is open and getting ready to bloom.
The garden, begun in…
America Goes Back to School – Five Essential Reads on Parenting in the Pandemic
by Alvin Buyinza and Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Beyond safety and survival, a paramount question throughout the pandemic has been: When will things get “back to normal”? But as the nation gradually gets vaccinated against COVID-19 and…