This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News - Sep. 15, 2017

September 15, 2017

MASU Commentaries

Fall Career Fairs produce opportunities to kick-start your career

Kerin Borland & Steve Patchin, OPtimizing EDucation (Sep. 14, 2017)

In the News

Collaboration

Bay plans upcoming College Night programs

The Daily Press (Sep. 9, 2017)

Wayne State University-Oakland Center set to close in January

C&G Newspapers (Sep. 11, 2017)

College Access & Affordability

In Michigan, path to elite colleges flows through richer high schools (interactive map)

Bridge Magazine (Sep. 14, 2017)

Database: Where do students from YOUR Michigan school attend college?

Bridge Magazine (Sep. 14, 2017)

Diversity on Campus

SVSU sees greater international student diversity

The Valley Vanguard (Sep. 10, 2017)

UM-Dearborn students rally in response to events in Charlottesville

The Michigan Daily (Sep. 13, 2017)

Economic Development

UM helps effort to lure Amazon's 'HQ2' to Detroit

The Detroit News (Sep. 11, 2017)

Enrollment

Grand Valley State hits enrollment goals, officials say

MLive (Sep. 11, 2017)

NMU: Increase in Freshman Enrollment

WJMN TV (Sep. 11, 2017)

Local university reports increase in freshmen enrollment [NMU]

WBUP TV (Sep. 12, 2017)

As tuition goes up, enrollment goes down [FSU]

Ferris Torch (Sep. 12, 2017)

Number of freshmen at NMU up this fall

WNMU FM (Sep. 12, 2017)

GVSU student body by the numbers, fall 2017

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Sep. 13, 2017)

Special Coverage: DACA Repeal

GVSU students, administration respond to Trump's DACA announcement

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Sep. 10, 2017)

Michigan's university presidents urge lawmakers to protect 'Dreamers' [UM, MASU]

MLive (Sep. 11, 2017)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Michigan State moves ahead on $60M business pavilion

The Seattle Times [WA] (Sep. 8, 2017)

Eastern Michigan University on the road to energy self-sufficiency

The Eastern Echo (Sep. 11, 2017)

W. Easterday narrowed to decrease speed of motorists [LSSU]

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (Sep. 13, 2017)

Hate parking at Michigan State? Students have a solution

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 13, 2017)

STARS brings back midnight bus service for night life [SVSU]

MLive (Sep. 14, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Dynamics

Ballot issue taxes ties between MSU, East Lansing [MSU, UM, WSU]

The Detroit News (Sep. 11, 2017)

Opposition builds as businesses urge EL to withdraw income tax bid [MSU]

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 11, 2017)

Michigan State: We 'ran out of time' to reach income tax deal with East Lansing

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 12, 2017)

UM invests $100M with litigation fund

The Detroit News (Sep. 12, 2017)

Coalition of businesses and educators is fighting pending utility regulation [MASU]

Michigan Radio (Sep. 13, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Financial Aid

Invisible Need Project: Sparing time, change and WMU students' educations

Western Herald (Sep. 13, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - State Operating Support

What many older people don't realize about college costs today

MLive (Sep. 11, 2017)

Ranking Michigan's 15 public universities by 2017-18 costs -- and comparing to 1975

MLive (Sep. 11, 2017)

Institutional Leadership

Western Michigan President Edward Montgomery to be inaugurated Friday

MLive (Sep. 13, 2017)

President Wilson delivers 2017 University Address [WSU]

The South End (Sep. 13, 2017)

State of the University: Ross announces partnership with Quicken Loans and Ford in addition to expanded leadership opportunities [CMU]

Central Michigan Life (Sep. 13, 2017)

Leadership Transitions

Michigan Tech Presidential Search Town Hall Meetings

WJMN TV (Sep. 8, 2017)

Town halls being held in search for next MTU president

WNMU FM (Sep. 12, 2017)

Longtime Kalamazoo Valley Community College president to retire

Crain's Detroit Business (Sep. 12, 2017)

Retiring KVCC President Marilyn Schlack has been key community leader [WMU]

MLive (Sep. 12, 2017)

Philanthropic Support

Michigan State University Carries On After Meeting Fundraising Goal Early

WKAR TV (Sep. 8, 2017)

Program Delivery

Wayne State Urban Studies program works to keep neighborhoods safer, healthier

Crain's Detroit Business (Sep. 10, 2017)

College revamps core curriculum [FSU]

Grand Rapids Business Journal (Sep. 13, 2017)

Recognitions & Awards

West Michigan colleges offer 'Best Bang for the Buck' [CMU, FSU, GVSU, WMU]

Grand Rapids Business Journal (Sep. 8, 2017)

WMU named most affordable "highly ranked" university in Michigan

The Western Herald (Sep. 8, 2017)

UMich ranked 4th best public university by U.S. News & World Report [MSU, MTU, WSU, WMU]

MLive (Sep. 12, 2017)

UM leads Michigan universities in college rankings [CMU, EMU, MSU, OU, WSU, WMU]

The Detroit News (Sep. 12, 2017)

Mixed report card for MSU, UM in top public university poll

WLNS TV (Sep. 12, 2017)

NMU appears in 'U.S. News' Best College rankings

WLUC TV (Sep. 12, 2017)

Calvin College, GVSU ranked as best colleges in Midwest

WZZM TV (Sep. 12, 2017)

U.S. News releases 2018 best college rankings, postgraduate salaries [UM]

CBS News (Sep. 12, 2017)

Safety & Health

School of Social Work, CAPS raise awareness for suicide prevention [WSU]

The South End (Sep. 9, 2017)

Snyder declares September Campus Fire Safety Month [OU]

The Daily Tribune (Sep. 11, 2017)

Students work to prevent sex assaults at GVSU

WOOD TV (Sep. 12, 2017)

Keeping the streets SAFE [OU]

The Oakland Post (Sep. 12, 2017)

Betsy DeVos wants to rethink how colleges probe sexual assault. She may have a point. [UM, MSU]

Bridge Magazine (Sep. 12, 2017)

EMU Installs More Security Cameras To Improve Safety On Campus

WEMU FM (Sep. 12, 2017)

Ferris State University Public Safety Warns Students of Scam

WWTV TV (Sep. 13, 2017)

WMU first university in Michigan to offer F45 functional training program

Western Herald (Sep. 13, 2017)

GVSU students hold rally to prevent sexual assaults on campus

WHTC FM (Sep. 13, 2017)

Grand Rapids implements pedestrian safety campaign [GVSU]

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Sep. 13, 2017)

University Accountability

GVSU-authorized charter school delays opening

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Sep. 10, 2017)

Michigan State's legal costs related to Nassar now measured in millions

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 11, 2017)

Workforce Alignment

Wayne State puts future teachers where they're needed most: in Detroit classrooms

Crain's Detroit Business (Sep. 10, 2017)

Michigan Tech Career Services Materials Day includes sandbox construction

WJMN TV (Sep. 11, 2017)

Playing with fire [MTU]

The Daily Mining Gazette (Sep. 14, 2017)

Commentaries

Liberal arts lead to good-paying careers

Michigan Future (Sep. 8, 2017)

It's not a secret: Good jobs are available in Michigan. Closing the talent gap is key to filling them.

Bridge Magazine (Sep. 8, 2017)

Editorial: Make justice goal in campus assault cases

The Detroit News (Sep. 9, 2017)

Letter: WSU recruits Detroit students (by WSU Pres. Roy Wilson and WSU Board Chair Sandra Hughes O'Brien)

The Detroit News (Sep. 12, 2017)

Don't let 'summer melt' hamper your education

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 12, 2017)

Lansing fiddles while Michigan's public schools go to hell

Bridge Magazine (Sep. 12, 2017)

Boosting graduation rates: A moral imperative for Michigan universities [WSU]

Michigan Future (Sep. 13, 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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