Outreach

This program offers opportunities for middle school-aged students from communities outside of Ann Arbor to visit UM’s campus and gain exposure to a variety of academic disciplines. Programmatic goals are aimed at motivating student participants to pursue higher education and start thinking about college at an early age. Students participate in several weekend visits to campus where they are able to experience collegiate life, including listening to presentations from UM faculty.

This program works with students within the Ann Arbor public high schools and is designed to encourage them to take challenging courses in preparation for admission to selective colleges after high school. A key goal of this program is to close the achievement gap with students from underrepresented groups by supporting their higher achievement in high school. Students attend annual weeklong seminar series on UM’s campus in which faculty give presentations on their various academic disciplines and areas of research interests.