LANSING (AP) -- A U.S. Education Department official is coming to Michigan to talk about the issue of college affordability.

Eduardo Ochoa is the department's assistant secretary for postsecondary education. He's to host a town hall meeting at Eastern High School in Lansing on Friday.

Later in the day, Ochoa is scheduled to take part in a round-table discussion at Michigan State University.

Ochoa will continue his Michigan trip on Saturday when he delivers the commencement address on the University of Detroit Mercy's McNichols Campus.

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