Articles tagged: higher education
with poll: University of Michigan says Snyder 'moving in right direction' by proposing 2% increase for higher ed
Posted: Feb 07, 2013Gov. Rick Snyder proposed a 2 percent increase for Michigan's 15 higher education institutions as he unveiled his fiscal 2013-14 budget. Read more »
New University of Michigan provost considered 'visionary' by peers
Posted: Jan 30, 2013Martha Pollack, a 13-year veteran of University of MIchigan, said "never in a million years" did she think she'd pursue a career in administration and become second in command at one of the most prestigious public colleges in the nation. Read more »
Multibillion-dollar economic impact of state research universities expected to keep 'growing and growing'
Posted: Jan 24, 2013Michigan's three top public universities don't simply educate tens of thousands of students, they also spread billions of dollars throughout the state's economy each year. Read more »
Report: Michigan's research universities generate $15.5B economic impact, 74K jobs and $375M in tax revenue
Posted: Jan 23, 2013University of Michigan's downtown Ann Arbor campus. Michigan's three largest public universities spent more than $2 billion on research in 2011 and generated an estimated $15.5 billion economic impact to the state, according to a ... Read more »
Eastern Michigan University president re-appointed to Michigan Education Trust board
Posted: Jan 11, 2013Eastern Michigan University President Susan Martin has been re-appointed to the Michigan Education Trust board of directors. Read more »
University of Michigan regents to forgo public meeting for California trip
Posted: Jan 10, 2013The University of Michigan's governing board will meet privately in California this month, forgoing its once-a-month meeting that's open to the public. Read more »
Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market
Posted: Dec 31, 2012They're the places you think of when you think of "college" -- leafy campuses, small classes, small towns. Read more »
Student loans 101: The interest rate uproar
Posted: May 02, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Free tuition for Michigan teens? Higher education experts say $1.8B program unlikely to gain support
Posted: Mar 07, 2012In January Michigan senate Democrats unveiled a proposal that would send all Michigan-educated high schoolers to a state university for free. Have you heard of it? Probably not. Read more »
The Detroit News: State universities to have state funding cut by 15 percent after decision by House-Senate committee
Posted: May 24, 2011State universities will have their funding cut by 15 percent after a decision by House-Senate conference committee that was passed by the full Senate, according to a report in The Detroit News. The decision is ... Read more »
Opinion: Q&A with Susan Martin: Eastern Michigan University president talks about state budget cuts
Posted: Mar 26, 2011Growing up on a Michigan dairy farm set the stage for Eastern Michigan University President Susan Martin. After taking a test in high school and scoring well, she earned a scholarship that paid her tuition ... Read more »
Opinion: Rob Steele is no friend of higher education
Posted: Oct 28, 2010As a student at the University of Michigan, I am deeply concerned with Rob Steele’s apparent disregard for the importance of improving higher education. For a candidate who hopes to represent the University’s Ann Arbor ... Read more »
Opinion: University of Michigan doesn't always act in the best interest of the state and nation under its current corporate governance model
Posted: Sep 19, 2010I would like to respond to the Sept. 12 guest column written by Michael Boulus, executive director of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, titled “Entrepreneurial autonomy better than bureaucratic system to manage Michigan's ... Read more »
Concordia University Ann Arbor students stand to lose grant cash under Granholm proposal
Posted: Feb 14, 2010Officials from Concordia University Ann Arbor said they were shocked to hear of plans to end need-based tuition grants for private college students. The move proposed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm would save Michigan $30 million, ... Read more »
Eastern Michigan University's part-time lecturers campaign for union
Posted: Dec 08, 2009Eastern Michigan University's 450 part-time lecturers are one step closer to gaining union representation. Union organizers filed for an election Wednesday with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, the state agency that handles union elections. If ... Read more »
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