The motto for Great Valley High School and its 1,400 students in the Pennsylvania borough of Malvern, about 25 miles west of Philadelphia, is “Creating a new age of learning.” It may be helping create a new age of conversation, too. By all accounts, political polarization is growing in ...

LANSING — Colleges are testing new tactics to increase the number of adult learners in the classroom after years of a downturn in enrollment. Postsecondary enrollment in Michigan declined by 1.7%, or 7,463 students, in fall 2021. From fall 2019 to 2020, enrollment dropped 9.2%, or 44,578 ...

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University graduating senior Hannah Smith of Waukesha, Wisconsin, will be the student speaker at NMU’s Saturday commencement at the Superior Dome. She will earn a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism with a double minor in public relations and ...

MARQUETTE — Microplastics in Lake Superior, the impact of financial stressors on mental health, and comparison of methods for DNA barcoding were just a few student projects on display at Thursday’s 26th Annual “Celebration of Student Scholarship” held at Northern Michigan ...

MARQUETTE — From the mid-1800s until the early 1910s, Finnish immigrants settled in northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by the thousands. These Finns packed up their entire lives and brought not only their personal belongings, but their culture, ideas, and ...

MARQUETTE — Finding a clear night for stargazing can be challenging in the often-cloudy state of Michigan, but such a night can bring awe-inspiring views of celestial objects. Scott Stobbelaar, a facilitator with the Marquette Astronomical Society, talked about what can be seen in the April ...