UM looks to add Detroit semester to curriculum

The University of Michigan is hoping to add a semester to its curriculum in which students live, study and work in Detroit. The idea was the brainchild of a recent graduate, Rachel Tanner.

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University officials are looking for a way to implement the program next year as a way to benefit both the city and school, said Stephen Ward, assistant professor of Afroamerican and African Studies at UM and a former faculty advisor to Tanner.

"Housing still hasn’t been worked out, and there are a number of options to consider," he said. "But the concept is that the students would live in the city, and take classes there, and work as well.

"It’s a program that will be of mutual benefit to various entities in the university and within the city."

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