University of Michigan Reaches Out

University of Michigan's newest community outreach effort is utilizing the University's Detroit Center and Detroit itself as a place for students to learn. Students will be able to take classes work and live in the city. The article goes on to compare this experience to studying abroad. As a student that has studied abroad I can see the truth in this. It is a way that students can broaden their horizons and learn in a different environment enhancing their work in their chosen field of study. The University of Michigan can use this experience not only to get students involved in the community they are studying in but give them real-life experiences with the "struggles" that are on-going throughout Detroit. I think that once the university has finalized this project and students are able to go into Detroit they will see a difference in their students and the community. I look forward to seeing how this latest proposal progresses and observe the change that occurs to the community and the students involved.