Marquette Alger College Access Network

The Great Lakes Center for Youth Development is facilitating the development of the Marquette Alger College Access Network (MACAN). The Center received a planning grant in fall 2011 from the Michigan College Access Network to convene a team of leaders from various sectors in the community that will design a strategy to increase college participation and completion rates in Marquette and Alger counties.

Over the next several months, the team will explore the community’s assets and needs related to postsecondary education readiness and then build a plan to create a college-going culture and coordinate programs, services and resources for students and their families. Particular emphasis will be placed on supporting students from low-income and first-generation college-going families.

Individuals, organizations and businesses interested in joining the planning team should email GLCYD Youth Development Associate Linda Remsburg or call her at 906-228-8919 ext. 26.

The Michigan College Access Network provides community-based college access networks with training and funding opportunities. Funding for the planning grant was made possible by the Kresge Foundation and U.S. Department of Education.

News release Dec. 2011: Planning begins for Marquette Alger College Access Network

Slide presentation from MACAN planning team meeting 1

"Collective Impact" article from Stanford Social Innovation Review.