Life-Changing Education offers several ways to connect with work that is shaping education at U-M and across Michigan.
Ways to Take Part
Choose the path that fits your goals—apply for funding, join a program, or share your story.
Grant Opportunities
During the 2025–26 academic year, LCE supported 44 projects connected to the Four Ways.
This work continues to generate insights, resources, and collaborations for U-M and communities across Michigan. All projects were supported through one or multiple of our funding tracks:
Research and Scholarship: Investigating how people learn, teach, or access knowledge—and sharing insights through accessible public resources.
Events: Creating learning experiences that bring people together and produce resources others can build on.
Planning: Designing future programs or partnerships and creating roadmaps for what comes next.
Storytelling: Sharing authentic stories that make learning visible through videos, podcasts, exhibits, and other creative formats.
Funded project teams included U-M faculty, staff, and students, as well as community collaborators working with U-M sponsors. As part of their participation, teams joined a Learning Community gathering, developed an accessible public resource, and shared what they learned.
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The Learning Community
The LCE Learning Community brings together project teams and strategic partners to trade discoveries from classrooms, research, and collaborative projects with schools and community partners.
During gatherings, participants discuss what they are trying, what has surprised them, and what they are still working to understand. Insights from the community help shape public stories, resources, and future LCE work.
Participation is currently limited to funded project teams and invited strategic partners.
The Four Ways Education Changes Lives
Education can change lives in many ways. The Four Ways provide a shared framework for LCE projects, stories, events, and partnerships. Each offers a different approach to improving learning at Michigan and beyond.