This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News

May 19, 2017

Please join MASU in extending best wishes to Dr. David R. Finley, appointed this past week as the Acting President of Lake Superior State University following the unexpected passing of President Tom Pleger.

We also congratulate Dr. Daniel Little, who announced yesterday that he will be returning to the faculty next year after 18 years as Chancellor of the University of Michigan - Dearborn! (See stories below under Leadership Transitions.)

In the News

Collaboration

Cornerstone, GVSU partner on engineering program

Grand Rapids Business Journal (May 12, 2017)

LSSU graduates

Iron Mountain Daily News (May 16, 2017)

College Access & Affordability

Michigan Senate Votes to Make Flint Eligible for Scholarship Program

Diverse Issues in Higher Education (May 16, 2017)

Economic Development

Resources for Pontiac entrepreneurs: What's here, what's coming and what it all means [OU]

The Oakland Press (May 12, 2017)

Macomb-OU INCubator offers workshop for start-up tech businesses

Macomb Daily Business (May 12, 2017)

Life after Pfizer: A decade later, Michigan pharmaceutical companies have found paths to growth [MSU, UM, WSU]

Crain's Detroit Business (May 14, 2017)

Enrollment

Costs, lack of interest put damper on apprenticeship programs [UM]

Crain's Detroit Business (May 14, 2017)

Travel Bans Affecting MSU International Students

WKAR FM (May 15, 2017)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Houses demolished near WMU but plans to raze several more scrapped

MLive (May 12, 2017)

Detroit QLINE streetcar service begins amid protesters [WSU]

CTV News [Canada] (May 12, 2017)

Gas leak closes road near Western Michigan University campus

MLive (May 18, 2017)

Wayne State University Opens Geology Mineral Museum in Detroit

dbusiness (May 18, 2017)

UM Regents approve Schembechler Hall renovations

Crain's Detroit Business (May 18, 2017)

Detroit Gems: Mineral Museum Opens at Wayne State University

The New York Times (May 19, 2017)

Flint Water Crisis

Flint daycare, preschool aims to mitigate effects of lead exposure [UM-F]

Michigan Radio (May 18, 2017)

Governance

The States Where Campus Free-Speech Bills Are Being Born: A Rundown

The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 15, 2017)

Penalties needed to ensure college students don't violate free speech rights, lawmaker argues [GVSU, MASU]

MLive (May 17, 2017)

Committee hearing held on campus free speech legislation [MASU]

Michigan Radio (May 18, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Great Lakes conference expected to draw 1,000 to Detroit [MSU, WSU, UM]

Detroit Free Press (May 14, 2017)

$20M Federal Grant Supports New Great Lakes Research Center [UM, CMU, GVSU, MSU]

U.S. News & World Report (May 17, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Dynamics

EMU expects tuition increase, voluntary retirements in 2018 budget

MLive (May 17, 2017)

Tuition Increases Likely In Eastern Michigan University's New Fiscal Year Budget

WEMU FM (May 17, 2017)

NMU Dining Services partners with U.P. beef supplier

WJMN TV (May 18, 2017)

Budget hearing focuses on Dee work, water, benefits [MTU]

The Daily Mining Gazette (May 18, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Financial Aid

Wayne State Holds Cycling Benefit for Homeless Students

WDET FM (May 16, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - State Operating Support

Michigan revenue projections complicate budget debate

The Detroit News (May 15, 2017)

Slower growth in Michigan general fund may kill House tax cut plan [UM]

Detroit Free Press (May 17, 2017)

Revenue revisions a challenge' for Mich. budget makers [UM]

The Detroit News (May 17, 2017)

Performance pays in higher ed [MSU, UM, WSU]

University Business (May 17, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - State Student Financial Aid

Eastern Upper Peninsula high school seniors receive MI GEAR UP scholarships [LSSU]

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (May 17, 2017)

Institutional Leadership

WSW: WMU's Next President Wants It To Be An "Institution Of Choice"

WMUK FM (May 17, 2017)

Labor Relations

EMU wants to cut wages by 25% for new part-time faculty, says union

Michigan Radio (May 15, 2017)

EMU part-time lecturers rally for equal pay for equal work, job security

MLive (May 15, 2017)

Leadership Transitions

LSSU names Finley acting president

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (May 12, 2017)

LSSU names Finley acting president

WLUC TV (May 12, 2017)

Finley is acting LSSU president

Sault Star [Canada] (May 12, 2017)

Acting president named at LSSU

WNMU FM (May 15, 2017)

College appoints provost [GVSU]

Grand Rapids Business Journal (May 17, 2017)

Oakland Community College has a new leader, and no one is saying why

Detroit Free Press (May 18, 2017)

Oakland Community College appoints interim chancellor

Crain's Detroit Business (May 18, 2017)

Jonathan Massey named dean of University of Michigan Architecture and Urban Planning

The Architect's Newspaper (May 18, 2017)

University of Michigan-Dearborn chancellor is stepping down [UM]

MLive (May 19, 2017)

Philanthropic Support

Google grant helps Detroit-area students on path to STEM careers [UM]

MLive (May 18, 2017)

Program Delivery

After global cyberattack, GVSU aims to educate 'next generation of protectors'

WXMI TV (May 15, 2017)

Tips to avoid ransomware wreaking havoc [GVSU]

WOOD TV (May 15, 2017)

Small police academy begins 16 weeks of training [NMU]

WLUC TV (May 16, 2017)

UM-Flint nursing program expanding

WJRT TV (May 17, 2017)

OU offers film school

C & G Newspapers (May 17, 2017)

WMU Vietnamese Language Class To Help Youth Talk To Elders

WMUK FM (May 18, 2017)

Oakland University to launch master's in systems engineering

The Oakland Press (May 19, 2017)

Safety & Health

First Lady Sue Snyder announces creation of campus sexual assault workgroup [EMU]

WLUC TV (May 12, 2017)

Campus sexual assault resources to be developed by new state work group [EMU, UM, GVSU, MSU]

MLive (May 12, 2017)

The Body-Cam Strategy [EMU]

Inside Higher Ed (May 12, 2017)

Nurses undergo training to help sexual assault victims [NMU]

WLUC TV (May 15, 2017)

First Lady Sue Snyder creates workgroup for sexual assault survivors [EMU]

The Oakland Press (May 17, 2017)

University Accountability

Nassar attorneys quiz women on whether treatments helped [MSU]

Lansing State Journal (May 12, 2017)

Old Mission (Charter) School Could Be Unique Nationwide [GVSU]

The Ticker (May 17, 2017)

Workforce Alignment

Students gather for 'Pathways to Your Future' Career Day [NMU]

WLUC TV (May 12, 2017)

Jobs are available in mid-Michigan but the right workers aren't [CMU, FSU]

The Morning Sun (May 13, 2017)

WMU partners with Delta to train maintenance technicians

WOOD TV (May 17, 2017)

Commentaries

'Big Picture' Overview of Services CCISD Provides [MTU]

The Daily Mining Gazette (May 13, 2017)

Stabenow: Farm Bill safeguards our food and farms [MSU]

Lansing State Journal (May 14, 2017)

Michigan moves on speech [EMU, UM]

The Toledo Blade (May 16, 2017)

Column: Charter schools are top schools [GVSU]

The Detroit News (May 16, 2017)

The pyramid of student loan debt [WSU]

Michigan Radio (May 16, 2017)

The best way to raise household income: increase education attainment

Michigan Future (May 16, 2017)

Bankole: Universities boosting investments in Detroit [UM, MSU, EMU, CMU]

The Detroit News (May 18, 2017)

Baerren: City's deficit rooted in Lansing incompetence

The Morning Sun (May 18, 2017)

Michigan needs to focus on core issues to regain respectability [WSU]

The Toledo Blade (May 19, 2017)

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