The University of Michigan is investing nearly $5 million in an effort to recruit transfer students from community colleges around the state. Currently, many low and moderate-income students feel that the University is out of their reach because of high tuition costs. U-M staffers will begin regular recruiting visits to the 31 community and tribal colleges to speak directly with students and staff and inform them of the financial aid opportunities open to transfer students. U-M has worked with Washtenaw Community College for five years on a similar program that began as a way to enroll more underrepresented minorities, and has broadened to include students from low and moderate-income families. As state leaders have set a priority on graduating more students with four-year bachelor's degrees, U-M leaders say they know they have to do a better job in finding high-achieving community college students and letting them know how they can transfer to U-M to earn a bachelor's degree.

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