This project examined the characteristic of participants of Michigan Reconnect, a scholarship program that provides adults age 25 and older with tuition-free in-district community college. This work built upon our previous projects to study Futures for Frontliners, a similar program that provided tuition support to those in essential jobs early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research on Michigan Reconnect compared applicants to the broader pool of people eligible for the program; matched applicants to administrative enrollment records to understand prior college experience; examined applicants’...
