70,000 MI Reconnect applicants set to receive tuition-free associate degree or skills certificate, surpassing state goal
More than 15,000 already enrolled in community college, state provides additional services to encourage enrollment
LANSING, Mich. - With more and more jobs requiring skills and training beyond a high school diploma, the Michigan Reconnect program is providing a tuition-free path to an associate degree or a skills certificate - putting more than 70,000 Michiganders on a path to fill the state's most in-demand, high-wage careers - exceeding the state's goal of 60,000 by Memorial Day.
The nation's first program of its kind, Futures for Frontliners, and the new $30 million bipartisan Michigan Reconnect program shows the state's continued commitment to its Sixty by 30 goal of ensuring 60% of Michiganders will have a postsecondary degree by 2030. Futures for Frontliners has seen more than 15,000 enroll in tuition-free paths to postsecondary education and is among Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature accomplishments.