LANSING - Michigan colleges and university tuition and fees put the state as the sixth highest on average in the U.S., data released from the College Board showed, but the data also showed that Michigan schools got some of the lowest overall public support on a per capita basis in the nation. And the data
SOUTHFIELD - The Michigan Council of Women in Technology is accepting applications for its annual scholarship competition aimed at encouraging female students to pursue technology degrees and certifications at the college level. It is open to women of all ages. The program offers: * One high school senior scholarship ($20,000) * One high school senior/GET-IT
TROY - The planning committee for the second annual Great Lakes BI and Big Data Summit has issued a call for speakers to address the day-long conference March 13, 2014, at the Detroit Marriott Troy. In its inaugural year, the Summit was attended by nearly 200 of the area's top business and technology leaders from
EDISON, N.J. - Emil Carafa, the principal of Washington Elementary School in Northern New Jersey started a pilot program with the Michigan-developed WriteSteps elementary school writing curriculum three years ago. He couldn?t be happier with the results today. Begun in 2007, the latest iteration of WriteSteps complies with the new national Common Core State Standards
LANSING - The state employer and state employee unions will be asking an impasse panel to help resolve the next round of contracts, but state officials were still hopeful that the contracts could be resolved before the panel actually hears arguments. Both sides had to indicate by Monday that there were unresolved issues to take
GRAND RAPIDS - More Michigan physicians and other healthcare providers than ever before will be able to share medical records electronically under an agreement between the Great Lakes Health Information Exchange and Michigan Health Connect. The collaboration between the state?s two largest providers of health information exchange means that medical professionals treating about half the
LANSING - Persons seeking unemployment benefits would be rejected if a prospective employer withdrew a job offer because they failed a drug test required as a condition of employment, or refused to take the test, under a bill signed Tuesday by Governor Rick Snyder. HB 4952 (PA 146, immediate effect) drew criticism from some Democrats
LANSING - The state should be helping small farmers with safety certification and financing and encouraging development of more farmers' markets, the Food Policy Council said in its final report approved this month. The goal of the council's recommendations is to ensure access to healthy food across the state, and particularly to locally-grown foods, the
LANSING - A bill to essentially allow telecommunications companies to end landline services to customers with a 90-day notice has several big names concerned about ensuring residents have access to reliable voice communication service in the future, but proponents of the bill say consumers are already making the decision to get rid of landlines, and
NOVI - Just as a fire department might recruit volunteer fire fighters to train and prepare for an emergency, the State of Michigan announced that it would be creating a Cyber Civilian Militia. During the sold out 2013 Michigan Cyber Summit, themed around the growing risk of cyber attacks, Gov. Rick Snyder made the formal