KALAMAZOO, MI — Western Michigan University received a $13.7 million grant to help middle school students make it to college.
A team of professors at the university will follow the 2025-2026 school year’s 6th and 7th grade students through to their first year of college, providing them with resources to promote college readiness along the way.
Those resources range from additional academic support, summer camps, tutoring, financial literacy education and exposure to postsecondary pathways like college tours, according to a press release from WMU…