MCCA Welcomes Bipartisan Commitment in FY 2025–26 State Budget

Brandy Johnson, President of the Michigan Community College Association, today released the following statement regarding the FY 2025-26 State Budget and Michigan's investment in student success and workforce development: "Michigan's community and tribal colleges thank Governor Whitmer and legislative leaders for passing a budget that invests in student success and workforce development by strengthening the critical role our colleges play."

Michigan Community College Association Highlights FY26 Budget Priorities Ahead of State Deadline

LANSING, Mich. — With the September 30 state budget deadline approaching, the Michigan Community College Association (MCCA), representing 31 colleges, including Michigan’s 28 public community colleges and three tribal colleges, is highlighting its priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. The association emphasizes its strong support for investments that advance student success and workforce development, while noting areas where proposals could limit colleges’ ability to serve their communities effectively.

MCCA Recognizes Governor Whitmer, Campus Leaders, and Alumni at 2025 Awards Ceremony

Mackinac Island, Mich. - As leaders from Michigan's 31 community and tribal colleges gathered on Mackinac Island for the 2025 MCCA Summer Conference, the Michigan Community College Association (MCCA) recognized five exceptional individuals whose leadership and service reflect the values at the heart of Michigan's community colleges.

State initiative connects skilled trades apprenticeships to college credits

Apprentices across Michigan could soon fast-track their way to college degrees, thanks to a state-led effort to expand programs that award academic credit for registered trade training.

The College Credit for Apprenticeship initiative, created in conjunction with the Michigan Workforce Development Board, is aimed at putting more people on a path to an associate degree or certificate.

Financial aid, college funding hikes: How Michigan’s budget deal impacts higher education

The final budget passed by state lawmakers early Friday includes a short range of support for financial aid that college advocates say should help make higher education more accessible to Michigan students. But the budget’s higher education plan, which also marginally increases operational funds for all 15 of Michigan’s public universities and more than two dozen community colleges, may also fall short of some priorities that industry leaders stumped for as state budget talks rolled on this fall.

Michigan education leaders push for college access amid doubts from students

Michigan education leaders say many students are giving up on the idea of college, not because they aren’t interested, but because they don’t believe it’s an option.

The conversation comes as the state works toward its “60 by 30” goal: getting 60 percent of working-age adults a degree or certificate by the year 2030.