This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News - Mar. 10, 2017

March 10, 2017

Announcement

MASU is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Will Emerson as our new Director of Student Success Initiatives! Read Will's biography here.

In the News

Collaboration

Bay College, Lake Superior State University strengthen engineering program partnership

WLUC TV (Mar. 6, 2017)

GVSU, Kenowa Hills teaching partnership improves student achievement

MLive (Mar. 8, 2017)

Michigan State offering drones in agriculture training workshop

Farm and Dairy (Mar. 9, 2017)

College Access & Affordability

How Michigan's 'prohibitive' child care costs could be hampering our economy [WSU]

Crain's Detroit Business (Mar. 5, 2017)

Survey data shows students struggle to navigate financial literacy amidst rising costs [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Mar. 8, 2017)

State Commission: Consider abolishing Board of Education [GVSU, UM, CMU]

Bridge Magazine (Mar. 9, 2017)

College Day introduces students to post secondary options

Cheboygan Daily Tribune (Mar. 9, 2017)

Diversity on Campus

Conversations With College Students on a Politically Divided Campus [CMU]

The Atlantic (Mar. 6, 2017)

Eastern Michigan University's LGBT community talk Chick-Fil-A [WMU, GVSU, UM, OU]

The Eastern Echo (Mar. 6, 2017)

Special Report: Executive Order Banning Immigration & Travel

New Travel Ban Still Sows Chaos and Confusion [WSU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Mar. 6, 2017)

President Trump Has Not Touched Policy That Creates Opportunities for Undocumented Millennials [UM]

WDET FM (Mar. 6, 2017)

Immigration policy reforms have potential to impact Michigan's economy [MSU]

MLive (Mar. 7, 2017)

Economic Development

Major housing project proposed near MSU

Lansing State Journal (Mar. 6, 2017)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

College wins silver for 'learning and living' building [GVSU]

Grand Rapids Business Journal (Mar. 3, 2017)

Oakland University announces $50M plan for student center, new parking spaces

WDIV TV (Mar. 3, 2017)

Oakland University plans $51 million student center renovation, parking expansion

Crain's Detroit Business (Mar. 3, 2017)

SVSU to make campus upgrades

WSMH TV (Mar. 3, 2017)

Construction Starts On Solar Carports At Michigan State University

Solar Industry Magazine (Mar. 6, 2017)

Construction Starts on Solar Power Project at Michigan State

U.S. News & World Report (Mar. 6, 2017)

Weekly legislative report [NMU]

Petoskey News-Review (Mar. 6, 2017)

New NMU dorms right on schedule

WBUP TV (Mar. 8, 2017)

NMU, developer give tour of new residence halls

The Mining Journal (Mar. 9, 2017)

Flint Water Crisis

Flint leaders upset after state asks city official to leave water meeting [WSU]

MLive (Mar. 3, 2017)

Governance

LMC purchases under fire

The Herald-Palladium (Mar. 4, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Dynamics

EMU students: Don't spend tuition money on new football facility

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 6, 2017)

Budget plan would kill Sea Grant funds including Great Lakes research [UM, MSU]

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 7, 2017)

UM endowment banks on funds that make loans

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

Higher Education Finance - Other State Support

Innovation hub at MTU bridges "Valley of Death" [UM]

The Daily Mining Gazette (Mar. 6, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - State Operating Support

Testimony of Daniel Hurley before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education [begins at 27:35 mark]

Michigan Senate (Mar. 9, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - State Student Financial Aid

These states give more grant aid to college students in need than the feds [UM, CMU]

The Washington Post (Mar. 3, 2017)

Pleger: Indian Tuition Waiver is 'big deal' for LSSU [CMU, UM, UM-D]

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (Mar. 7, 2017)

Higher Education in the 2018 Election

Q&A: 2018 Michigan gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer [MSU]

The State News (Mar. 3, 2017)

Leadership Transitions

Top Wright State fundraiser leaving for another university [EMU]

Dayton Business Journal (Mar. 7, 2017)

Program Delivery

SVSU board approves master of social work program, campus upgrades [MSU]

Midland Daily News (Mar. 3, 2017)

University to offer fake news mini-course next semester [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Mar. 5, 2017)

Spotify points the way to new models of online business education [UM]

Financial Times [UK] (Mar. 5, 2017)

College partners with telemedicine collaborative [GVSU]

Grand Rapids Business Journal (Mar. 6, 2017)

Recognitions & Awards

Stanford names 2 WMU students as University Innovation Fellows

Ionia Sentinel-Standard (Mar. 4, 2017)

Debra Wheeler recognized as OU's top advisor

The Oakland Post (Mar. 7, 2017)

Safety & Health

University student pleads guilty to false hate crime report [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Mar. 7, 2017)

Student Success

Study on First-Year Orientation and Retention [MSU]

Inside Higher Ed (Mar. 3, 2017)

College graduation gap in Mich. a story of OK, bad, and just plain terrible [UM, UM-F, WSU, GVSU]

Michigan Radio (Mar. 6, 2017)

University Accountability

Michigan makes offers to prevent school closures [CMU]

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 3, 2017)

Wayne State readies for 10-year accreditation process

The Detroit News (Mar. 5, 2017)

Wayne State University Prepares for Accreditation Process

U.S. News & World Report (Mar. 6, 2017)

MSU paying attorneys $990 an hour, each, on Nassar case

Lansing State Journal (Mar. 6, 2017)

More with MSU ties named in Nassar lawsuit

The Detroit News (Mar. 8, 2017)

Professors Allege Discrimination, Retaliation and Hostile Climate at U Michigan

Inside Higher Ed (Mar. 9, 2017)

Workforce Alignment

Wayne State students make elevator pitches at RenCen

WXYZ TV (Mar. 3, 2017)

NMU receives award for internships at local companies

WLUC TV (Mar. 6, 2017)

Nexteer, Covenant, Morley and more sign up for SVSU job fair

MLive (Mar. 9, 2017)

Commentaries

Michigan schools should chart own course [UM]

The Detroit News (Mar. 6, 2017)

Educational standards bills are big step backward

MLive (Mar. 7, 2017)

College attainment drives state per capita income

Michigan Future (Mar. 8, 2017)

Michigan's indifference toward Flint continues to defy logic [WSU]

The Toledo Blade (Mar. 10, 2017)

Low college attainment is hurting Michigan, and it's worse for black students at Michigan colleges [UM, MSU, GVSU, WSU]

Michigan Future (Mar. 10, 2017)

State & National Reports

Michigan in Context

State Higher Education Funding Models [PDF]

Midwest Higher Education Compact (March 2017)

Sandy Baum, in conjunction with MHEC, has published a small study comparing higher education finance among the Midwestern states that participate in MHEC. Data, including Michigan's, is available by weighted FTE enrollment.

Tuition Assistance Programs for Foster Youth Pursuing Postsecondary Education

Education Commission of the States (March 2017)

Twenty-eight states have foster student tuition assistance programs. Michigan's program is one of only five that do not have an upper age limit on participation.

Michigan Association of State Universities | masu.org

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