How Jewish College Uses Federal Funds To Grow

Jewish College Grows With Federal Funds Despite Poor Academic Record
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - JULY 14: Students pose for their official group photograph at the University of Birmingham as they take part in their degree congregations on July 14, 2011 in Birmingham, England. Thousands of students around Britain are taking part in their graduation ceremonies this week and will begin the search for employment, however according to recent studies there are currently 83 graduates applying for every one job vacancy. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - JULY 14: Students pose for their official group photograph at the University of Birmingham as they take part in their degree congregations on July 14, 2011 in Birmingham, England. Thousands of students around Britain are taking part in their graduation ceremonies this week and will begin the search for employment, however according to recent studies there are currently 83 graduates applying for every one job vacancy. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MICḤ. — It was the first week of the new semester at Michigan Jewish Institute, a college of more than 2,000 students, nestled in the leafy Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield. But at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, the classrooms were silent and the entrance to the college’s temporary home, an impressive $6 million brick-and-glass synagogue with a vaulted roof that soars 50 feet into the sky, was desolate.

That’s because in less than a decade, MJI has transformed itself from a small campus-based college into a burgeoning online university, thanks in large part to more than $25 million in federal aid, designated for low-income students, which the not-for-profit school has received over the past five years.

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