May 22, 2006

UM to focus on enrolling community college students

The University of Michigan plans to quadruple its enrollment of low- and moderate-income community college transfer students. U-M held a meeting May 23 with leaders of Michigan 's 31 community colleges to begin work on the initiative, which is funded by a $1 million grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and an additional $3.8 million from the university. The funds will pay for programs that encourage low-income students to transfer and for financial aid.

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