This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News

August 31, 2017

From all of us here at MASU, we wish you a happy Labor Day weekend!

In the News

Collaboration

Rochester College to offer discounted tuition to Marygrove undergrads [WSU, EMU]

Crain's Detroit Business (Aug. 29, 2017)

Diversity on Campus

MSU surpasses other Big 10 schools in enrollment of African-American students

The State News (Aug. 30, 2017)

Economic Benefits of Higher Education

Michigan's incredible shrinking workforce [MSU]

Bridge Magazine (Aug. 28, 2017)

Enrollment

Database: Search college enrollment rates by school or district

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 25, 2017)

MTU freshmen welcomed

WLUC TV (Aug. 27, 2017)

MSU freshman class one of largest in school's history

Lansing State Journal (Aug. 27, 2017)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Ferris State University gets living and learning center

WBPN TV (Aug. 25, 2017)

NMU opens new dance studio

WLUC TV (Aug. 29, 2017)

GVSU dedicates performing arts expansion

Holland Sentinel (Aug. 29, 2017)

MSU Expanding Medical Research In Grand Rapids

WKAR TV (Aug. 29, 2017)

Flint River workers may have found foundation of century-old business [UM-F]

MLive (Aug. 30, 2017)

U-M catching heat for using dry ice to curtail groundhog numbers on campus

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 31, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Undocumented: One immigrant's story of life under DACA [WMU, MASU]

MLive (Aug. 29, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Financial Aid

Crim Festival of Races launches College Campus Challenge [UM-F, MSU]

WJRT TV (Aug. 25, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - Other State Support

Scientists, small businesses work to improve sustainable product processing

WLUC TV (Aug. 30, 2017)

Higher Education Finance - State Capital Outlay

SVSU moving ahead with plans to construct new business school

Midland Daily News (Aug. 28, 2017)

SVSU gets financial go-ahead for new business programs facility

WNEM TV (Aug. 30, 2017)

Institutional Leadership

Campus community to pay tribute to Tom Pleger [LSSU]

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (Aug. 26, 2017)

Student convocation ceremony stresses individuality and perseverance to incoming students [CMU]

Central Michigan Life (Aug. 26, 2017)

NMU president welcomes students back to school

WLUC TV (Aug. 28, 2017)

Candlelight vigil, dedication ceremony held to remember former LSSU president

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (Aug 29, 2017)

Five questions with U-M President Mark Schlissel (Spoiler: Snapchat puzzles him)

Bridge Magazine (Aug. 31, 2017)

Labor Relations

Union files Demand to Bargain with university over contract [CMU]

Central Michigan Life (Aug. 28, 2017)

Leadership Transitions

New Provost set to take office in October [UM]

The Battalion [TX] (Aug. 30, 2017)

Philanthropic Support

How Stephen M. Ross' gift to the University of Michigan ended up in tax court

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 27, 2017)

Demanding donors to colleges, universities hold sway [UM, WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 27, 2017)

The top 10 donors to the University of Michigan

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 27, 2017)

Stephen M. Ross' gift pledges to the University of Michigan

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 27, 2017)

Program Delivery

NMU Students enroll in first ever Building Operations Class [MTU]

WLUC TV (Aug. 25, 2017)

Craft brewing makes its way to Michigan college campuses [FSU, GVSU, MSU, WMU]

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Aug. 27, 2017)

New UM class takes on "fake news" by teaching active reading and fact checking

Michigan Radio (Aug. 29, 2017)

Reading lists a window into universities [MTU, WMU]

The Detroit News (Aug. 31, 2017)

Recognitions & Awards

University observes its official 200th birthday [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Aug. 26, 2017)

The University of Michigan is 200 years old - older than Michigan itself

MLive (Aug. 26, 2017)

GVSU receives sustainability practices recognition

Holland Sentinel (Aug. 30, 2017)

Safety & Health

Police issue 182 citations at CMU Welcome Weekend

WNEM TV (Aug. 27, 2017)

ITS reels in new phishing protection [SVSU]

The Valley Vanguard (Aug. 27, 2017)

Feeling unWelcome: Students express concerns with heavy police presence during school kickoff celebrations [CMU]

Central Michigan Life (Aug. 27, 2017)

Police calls down by a third over CMU's Welcome Weekend

The Morning Sun (Aug. 27, 2017)

Houghton, Marquette among 'Safest College Towns' [MTU, NMU]

WJMN TV (Aug. 29, 2017)

Kent State ranks 11th in country, top in Ohio for campus safety [OU]

Akron Beacon Journal [OH] (Aug. 29, 2017)

Fight to prevent suicide grows at UMich and in Washtenaw County

MLive (Aug. 30, 2017)

UMich student's suicide sparks mother's work to help others

MLive (Aug. 30, 2017)

'We are not willing to risk anyone's safety': In wake of Charlottesville, UNC denies white nationalist's request [MSU]

The Washington Post (Aug. 30, 2017)

UNC rejects Richard Spencer's request to speak [MSU]

Inside Higher Ed (Aug. 31, 2017)

Tuition

GVSU tuition increases for 2017-18 academic year

The Grand Valley Lanthorn (Aug. 27, 2017)

Workforce Alignment

Calumet Electronics opens new advanced technology center [MTU]

WNMU FM (Aug. 25, 2017)

Magna, KraussMaffei help push college program forward [FSU, OU]

Plastics News (Aug. 28, 2017)

Teacher shortage hitting Mid-Michigan school districts [SVSU]

WEYI TV (Aug. 30, 2017)

Midtown Detroit unveils plans for $20 million Selden Corridor redevelopment [EMU]

Crain's Detroit Business (Aug. 30, 2017)

Commentaries

Vibrant central cities, universities key to attracting and retaining talent

Grand Rapids Business Journal (Aug. 25, 2017)

Saving a UM monument with no unsavory past

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 29, 2017)

Universities Are Unpopular Because Of Bad News From Ivy League Schools (by former MSU provost Kim Wilcox)

Newsweek (Aug. 29, 2017)

The end of public higher education in Michigan? (by WSU board member Kim Trent)

Michigan Future (Aug. 30, 2017)

Our editorial: Keep high standards for schools

The Detroit News (Aug. 30, 2017)

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