WEOC News

Early colleges, like Eastern Michigan's ECA, boost college graduation rates

Tue, 16 May 2023 18:21:00 GMT

WEMU(89.1) talks with Dave Dugger about Early College.

Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Regional Chamber of Commerce Report Interview with David Dugger

Mon, 01 May 2023 13:13:00 GMT

David Dugger, Executive Director, Washtenaw Educational Consortium Options was recently interviewed at The Lucy Ann Lance Show.

PhD student organizes a day of learning about the field of engineering for the ECA

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:08:00 GMT

The day-long event aimed to promote learning and interest in machine learning and applied math within the local community.

Early College Folio

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:36:00 GMT

Early college as an educational reform has had a unique trajectory over the past two decades. School reform in the United States (with a few exceptions) has been a top-down movement, and the majority of attention has centered on grades three through eight, the grade levels the No Child Left Behind Act focused on.

ECA Alum Recognized for Social Justice Work

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:36:00 GMT

In the grips of her trauma, Audrey Gerard rose from her sickbed determined to right an injustice born from personal experience: discrepancies in Michigan’s health care access. Her persistence garnered her the first annual Justice Warrior Award presented by the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit &Vicinity on Martin Luther King Junior Day. Gerard, 24, is originally from Ann Arbor and is an alumnus of the Early College Alliance at Eastern Michigan University (ECA@EMU) and Kalamazoo College.