December 22, 2016

This Week will next publish on January 6, 2017. Happy holidays from all of us here at MASU! 
Announcement

MASU is hiring! Thanks to start-up support from the Kresge Foundation, MASU is announcing the search for a new Director of Student Success Initiatives to join our team. The Director will facilitate and build upon the robust portfolio of multi-institutional, cross-sector, student success initiatives currently underway in Michigan. A national search for this new position is now underway, with priority consideration given to applications received by January 6.
 
Position Announcement
In the News

Collaboration

The Daily Star [Bangladesh] (Dec. 21, 2016)

College Access & Affordability

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 20, 2016)
 
Bridge Magazine (Dec. 20, 2016)

Diversity on Campus

The Daily Progress [VA] (Dec. 17, 2016)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Crain's Detroit Business (Dec. 16, 2016)
 
WLNS TV (Dec. 16, 2016)
 
The Midland Daily News (Dec. 21, 2016)
 
MLive (Dec. 21, 2016)

Flint Water Crisis

PBS Newshour (Dec. 20, 2016)

Governance

WLUC TV (Dec. 16, 2016)
 
Crain's Detroit Business (Dec. 16, 2016)
 
The Mining Journal (Dec. 17, 2016)
 
Detroit Free Press (Dec. 20, 2016)
 
The Detroit News (Dec. 20, 2016)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Dynamics

Detroit Free Press (Dec. 16, 2016)
 
MLive (Dec. 17, 2016)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Financial Aid

Money (Dec. 18, 2016)

Higher Education Finance - State Operating Support

The Toledo Blade (Dec. 19, 2016)

Institutional Leadership

Detroit Free Press (Dec. 16, 2016)
 
The Detroit News (Dec. 20, 2016)

Philanthropic Support

Crain's Detroit Business (Dec. 18, 2016)
 
WLUC TV (Dec. 19, 2016)
 
The Mining Journal (Dec. 20, 2016)

Program Delivery

Michigan Radio (Dec. 21, 2016)
 
The Oakland Post (Dec. 21, 2016)

Safety & Health

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 19, 2016)
 
Detroit Free Press (Dec. 21, 2016)
 
MLive (Dec. 21, 2016)

Student Success

MLive (Dec. 16, 2016)
 
Central Michigan Life (Dec. 17, 2016)
 
MLive (Dec. 17, 2016)
 
WBUP TV (Dec. 19, 2016)

University Accountability

Midland Daily News (Dec. 18, 2016)

Workforce Alignment

Ferris State Torch (Dec. 17, 2016)
 
Midland Daily News (Dec. 19, 2016)
Commentaries
State & National Reports
Michigan in Context

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (December 2016)
Combined across all postsecondary sectors, Michigan is estimated to have a suffered a 4.6 percent drop in Fall 2016 enrollment compared to Fall 2015. Nationally, public 4-year institutions were the only sector to see any growth in enrollment.
Events

Coalition of Michigan Veterans Educators - MI-litary Equivalency Project
  • 1.13.17  @ 10:00AM CMVE Academic Credit Knowledge Community/MEP Liaison Touch Base  - An open conference call line for free dialogue on MI-litary Equivalency Project campus workgroup brainstorming, feedback on MEP activities, Q & A on issues related to academic credit for military training, open discussion on emerging issues within the knowledge community.  Please dial 712-775-7031 and use access code 332-847 to join the meeting.
  • 1.26.17 @ 1:00PM, The ACE Review Process- Insights from MI Faculty. Join Scott Crabill, Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Oakland University and Lori Brown, Associate Professor in the College of Aviation at Western Michigan University, two of ACE's faculty reviewers who help determine ACE credit recommendations used on the Joint Service Transcript (JST) to hear more about the processes used and recommendations they have for mapping to courses in your institutional catalogs. Click here to register!
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