This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News

September 8, 2017

MASU Announcements

A letter encouraging expeditious Congressional action to preserve the provisions of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program - signed by the presidents and chancellors of all 15 state universities of Michigan - has been sent to all members of the Michigan Congressional delegation. The letter is available here [PDF].

The FY2018 applications for First Lady Sue Snyder's campus sexual assault prevention grants are now open until October 19, 2017. The application and more information are available here.

In the News

College Access & Affordability

Rising from Within: Pontiac-native to work on college-culture in city [OU]

The Oakland Press (Aug. 31, 2017)

TTS helps high school students plan education after graduation

The Alpena News (Sep. 1, 2017)

Wayne State waives application fee for all first-generation students

The Hub Detroit (Sep. 1, 2017)

How parents of UMich students say they are paying for college

MLive (Sep. 2, 2017)

Diversity on Campus

Rock painted with hateful words near UM [EMU]

The Detroit News (Sep. 4, 2017)

Students, community members gather at University Rock to paint over racist messages [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Sep. 4, 2017)

Wayne State grapples with decline in black Detroiters [EMU, MSU, UM]

The Detroit News (Sep. 5, 2017)

LGBT Resources [OU]

The Oakland Post (Sep. 5, 2017)

WMU's commitment to diversity helps students thrive

Western Herald (Sep. 6, 2017)

Racist fliers found, removed at Eastern Michigan University [MSU]

Detroit Free Press (Sep. 7, 2017)

Economic Benefits of Higher Education

Americans Losing Faith in College Degrees, Poll Finds [MSU]

The Wall Street Journal (Sep. 7, 2017)

Economic Development

See which Michigan counties are gaining workers - or losing them [CMU]

MLive (Sep. 4, 2017)

Enrollment

Eastern Michigan expecting 3rd largest freshman class

The Detroit News (Sep. 1, 2017)

WMU offers first-year students tour of Kalamazoo

WOOD TV (Sep. 1, 2017)

Eastern Michigan welcomes third largest freshman class to campus

MLive (Sep. 1, 2017)

Orientation to connect Grand Valley State students with the West Side

MLive (Sep. 3, 2017)

Afternoon on the Town: Houghton community welcomes students back [MTU]

The Daily Mining Gazette (Sep. 4, 2017)

International Enrollments: From Flat to Way Down [MSU, WSU, WMU]

Inside Higher Ed (Sep. 5, 2017)

GVSU Enrollment Surpasses 25,000 For New School Year

WOOD FM (Sep. 7, 2017)

Special Coverage: DACA Repeal

University of Michigan won't 'do work of police' to track DACA students

Bridge Magazine (Aug. 31, 2017)

More than 6,000 Michigan residents could be at risk of deportation after Trump's decision on DACA

Michigan Radio (Sep. 5, 2017)

Trump plan to end DACA faces bipartisan backlash, poses threat to students [GVSU, UM, WSU]

The Michigan Daily (Sep. 5, 2017)

GVSU student protected under DACA vows to 'keep fighting'

WOOD TV (Sep. 5, 2017)

UMich president 'deeply disappointed' in Trump's decision on DACA

MLive (Sep. 5, 2017)

Detroit area demonstrators vow to fight for 'Dreamers' [WSU]

The Detroit News (Sep. 5, 2017)

University reacts to DACA rescission [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Sep. 5, 2017)

Colleges, universities in Kalamazoo issue joint statement on DACA decision [WMU]

WWMT TV (Sep. 5, 2017)

BAMN stages emergency rally to defend DACA [WSU]

The South End (Sep. 5, 2017)

'Dreamers' make Kalamazoo colleges 'better places,' presidents say [WMU]

MLive (Sep. 6, 2017)

Rallies across West Michigan as protesters react to planned DACA rollback [WMU]

WWMT TV (Sep. 7, 2017)

As DACA dies, DREAMers respond [MSU]

The State News (Sep. 7, 2017)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

UM using dry ice for groundhog problem

The Detroit News (Aug. 31, 2017)

U-M catching heat for using dry ice to kill groundhogs on campus

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 31, 2017)

LCA's to-do list gets smaller and smaller [WSU]

The Detroit News (Sep. 1, 2017)

Group submits official request to rename C.C. Little building [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Sep. 2, 2017)

Pleger Commons area features special spot to sit [LSSU]

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (Sep. 2, 2017)

Honors for Racist Scientists [UM]

Inside Higher Ed (Sep. 7, 2017)

MSU passes $1.5 billion goal early, breaks ground on $60 million business pavilion

Crain's Detroit Business (Sep. 7, 2017)

UM to open new Taubman wing today

Crain's Detroit Business (Sep. 8, 2017)

Governance

MSU sued by Richard Spencer's white supremacist group for refusing space on campus

Detroit Free Press (Sep. 3, 2017)

MSU sued for rejecting white nationalist group

The Detroit News (Sep. 3, 2017)

MSU sued for denying white national group's request to speak

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 4, 2017)

Despite lawsuit, MSU stands by rejection of white nationalist speaker

Michigan Radio (Sep. 4, 2017)

White supremacist lawsuit against MSU: We don't cause violence; leftist activists to blame [UM, WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Sep. 4, 2017)

Richard Spencer's Group Sues Michigan State U

Inside Higher Ed (Sep. 5, 2017)

UMich president says free speech on campus must consider public safety [MSU]

MLive (Sep. 5, 2017)

Lawsuit seeks to force Michigan State to let Richard Spencer speak on campus

The Washington Post (Sep. 5, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Stabenow worried about shortage in tradespeople

The Detroit News (Sep. 4, 2017)

Institutional Leadership

New Western Michigan president to incoming class: 'I'm a freshman too'

MLive (Aug. 31, 2017)

Back To School With U-M President Mark Schlissel: Immigration Impact, Donors & Football!

WEMU FM (Sep. 5, 2017)

Meet the president: Ora Hirsch Pescovitz [OU]

The Oakland Post (Sep. 5, 2017)

Meet the President: Dr. Edward B. Montgomery [WMU]

Western Herald (Sep. 6, 2017)

President Ross, wife Elizabeth give $1 million for scholarships [CMU]

Central Michigan Life (Sep. 7, 2017)

CMU president donates $1 million for scholarship endowments

Crain's Detroit Business (Sep. 8, 2017)

Labor Relations

EMU, part-time lecturers reach tentative contract agreement

MLive (Sep. 6, 2017)

Saginaw Valley State University approves faculty contract

The Peninsula (Sep. 7, 2017)

Philanthropic Support

Pioneering proposal: Kalamazoo becomes 'laboratory' for philanthropy-backed municipal finance [WMU]

MiBiz (Sep. 3, 2017)

Michigan State hits $1.5B fundraising goal, plans to keep collecting

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 8, 2017)

Program Delivery

Faculty Members Organize to Fight 'Fascist' Interlopers on Campuses [UM]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Aug. 31, 2017)

New school year marks beginning of undergraduate public health program [OU, UM]

The Michigan Daily (Sep. 4, 2017)

College offering Adobe certification [FSU]

Grand Rapids Business Journal (Sep. 6, 2017)

Recognitions & Awards

High rankings for MTU

WJMN TV (Aug. 31, 2017)

Website says MTU one of top three MI colleges

WNMU FM (Sep. 1, 2017)

GVSU ranked 'Best Bang for the Buck'

Holland Sentinel (Sep. 1, 2017)

GVSU recognized for sustainability practices by Sierra Club

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Sep. 6, 2017)

Safety & Health

Michigan State students are drinking less. No, really.

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 6, 2017)

Food pantry continues to satisfy the hunger of WMU student body's invisible needs

Western Herald (Sep. 6, 2017)

Michigan universities take a wait-and-see approach to Betsy DeVos sexual assault plan [MSU, UM, WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Sep. 7, 2017)

DeVos' Title IX rollback highlights independent University efforts

The Michigan Daily (Sep. 7, 2017)

Betsy DeVos pushing to revise 'failed' federal campus sexual assault guidance [GVSU, MSU, UM]

MLive (Sep. 7, 2017)

Campus sex assault rules face overhaul [MSU, UM]

The Detroit News (Sep. 7, 2017)

Michigan college students are binging on booze. Time for more kegs? [UM, MSU, NMU, CMU]

Bridge Magazine (Sep. 7, 2017)

What Michigan universities had to say about DeVos' move to overturn Obama-era sexual assault rules [MSU, UM, GVSU, EMU]

MLive (Sep. 8, 2017)

University Accountability

Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost. [CMU, WMU]

The New York Times Magazine (Sep. 5, 2017)

Workforce Alignment

Kendall College of Art and Design responds to student, industry needs [FSU]

MLive (Aug. 31, 2017)

Experts say growing shortage of teachers hits hardest at inner city schools [UM-F]

WJRT TV (Sep. 1, 2017)

Sen. Stabenow continues U.P. visit [NMU]

WJMN TV (Sep. 1, 2017)

Stabenow wraps up workforce tour at NMU

WLUC TV (Sept 1, 2017)

Commentaries

Not all kids are being pushed to get a four-year degree

Michigan Future (Sep. 1, 2017)

Gig economy seems to be future of work in this country by MTU Steve Patchin, Career Services Director

The Daily Mining Gazette (Sep. 2, 2017)

Schlissel: U-M not in sway to donors by UM Pres. Mark Schlissel

Detroit Free Press (Sep. 3, 2017)

Mroz: Spend more on higher education [MTU] by MTU Pres. Glenn Mroz

The Detroit News (Sep. 5, 2017)

Fixing Michigan's schools: Education crisis by the numbers

The Detroit News (Sep. 6, 2017)

Grettenberger: Defend the right to free speech, even when you disagree [CMU, MSU]

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 7, 2017)

U.S. Public Universities Are Falling Behind [UM, MTU]

Bloomberg View (Sep. 7, 2017)

Editor's note: College still the path to prosperity

The Detroit News (Sep. 7, 2017)

Events

Registration is open for the 2017 MCCA Student Success Summit on September 28-29 at the Lansing Center. The theme is Student Success: From Information to Implementation. The registration site includes information about hotels and is available here.

Please join us for the Consortium of Michigan Veterans Educators 5th Annual Conference!

Please see this site for more details about the Conference and Military Credit Mapping Summit.

Sep. 26-27, 2017, Radisson Hotel, Lansing, MI

Michigan Association of State Universities | masu.org

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