This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News - Dec. 21, 2018

December 21, 2018

Happy holidays from the staff at MASU! This Week will next publish in January 2019.

In The News

College Access & Affordability

U-M study finds tuition-free promise to high-achieving, low-income students increases recruitment

WDIV TV (Dec. 17, 2018)

SAHS staff using grant to push students towards college [FSU, LSSU, NMU]

The Sault News (Dec. 18, 2018)

New EMU program offers debt forgiveness in exchange for public service

Concentrate (Dec. 18, 2018)

Economic Development

Long-awaited WMU business park expansion set for spring 2019

MLive (Dec. 14, 2018)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Low-income housing project approved by Grand Rapids planning commission [GVSU]

MLive (Dec. 14, 2018)

MSU authorizes continued development of Grand Rapids Research Center

WZZM TV (Dec. 14, 2018)

University of Michigan changes name of medicine development center

WXMI TV (Dec. 15, 2018)

MSU spending $2.3 million to get administration building ready for new president

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 17, 2018)

NMU using walkway brine to banish ice and snow

WNMU FM (Dec. 17, 2018)

New hospital breaks ground on Michigan State's campus

WLNS TV (Dec. 17, 2018)

New research building puts MSU, Grand Rapids at 'epicenter' of healthcare innovation, university says

MLive (Dec. 17, 2018)

New hospital coming to MSU research park

WILX TV (Dec. 17, 2018)

McLaren, MSU officials break ground on $450 million hospital

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 17, 2018)

McLaren, MSU break ground for $450M medical campus

The Detroit News (Dec. 18, 2018)

Check out plans for EMU's $16M recreation building renovation

MLive (Dec. 18, 2018)

Governance & Speech

Snyder taps own office in flurry of last-minute appointments [EMU, MSU, OU]

The Detroit News (Dec. 17, 2018)

Head of Class: MTU Board promotes rank of 3 professors

The Daily Mining Gazette (Dec. 18, 2018)

MTU Board trustees given honorary rank

The Daily Mining Gazette (Dec. 19, 2018)

EMU Prof sues after suspension for using racist acronym in critical Facebook post

MLive (Dec. 19, 2018)

Higher Education Finance - Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Wayne State Partners with State Health Department to Study Diabetes, Heart Disease

dbusiness (Dec. 18, 2018)

Higher Education Finance - Other State Support

Mich. lawmakers pump $115M of pork into $1.3B spending bill [EMU]

The Detroit News (Dec. 21, 2018)

Higher Education Finance - State Capital Outlay

Lawmakers approve $1.3B in new spending, plus school tax shift in marathon session [WMU]

MLive (Dec. 21, 2018)

Higher Education Finance - State Operating Support

$1.3B spending deal shifts school aid to pay for roads, environmental cleanups

The Detroit News (Dec. 20, 2018)

Institutional Leadership

Joseph Champagne, third president of Oakland University, dead at 80

The Oakland Press (Dec. 18, 2018)

SVSU Board approves sabbaticals, leadership pay raises

Midland Daily News (Dec. 18, 2018)

NMU leaders surprise student with degree at workplace

The Mining Journal (Dec. 20, 2018)

Labor Relations

Colleges Step Up Professional Development for Adjuncts [SVSU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Dec. 16, 2018)

See the salaries of deans at UM's 19 schools and colleges for 2018

MLive (Dec. 15, 2018)

Tips for Helping Adjuncts Thrive and Improve [SVSU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Dec. 16, 2018)

Leadership Transitions

New interim SIU chancellor plans to focus on enrollment, reorganization [WMU]

WSIL FM [IL] (Dec. 14, 2018)

Western Michigan names new vice president of development

MLive (Dec. 19, 2018)

Former WMU President John Dunn named chancellor at Illinois university

MLive (Dec. 19, 2018)

Philanthropic Support

Anonymous donor gives $1M to WMed to establish at palliative care fellowship program

WWMT TV (Dec. 13, 2018)

Program Delivery

Grand Valley partners with housing groups to provide onsite health care to seniors

MLive (Dec. 14, 2018)

A-F grades, tax changes and more worry education groups in lame duck

MLive (Dec. 14, 2018)

All the things you never knew about Michigan State University cheeses

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 18, 2018)

Safety & Health

Man Charged In Wayne State Cop's Murder Still Found Incompetent To Stand Trial

WWJ-TV (Dec. 19, 2018)

Strategic Planning

NMU Board of Trustees gives an update on strategic resource allocations report

WLUC TV (Dec. 14, 2018)

NMU strategically allocating resources

The Mining Journal (Dec. 16, 2018)

Student Success

Michigan Tech and NMU honor graduates at commencement ceremonies

WLUC TV (Dec. 15, 2018)

It's graduation day at WMU

WKZO AM/FM (Dec. 15, 2018)

Graduates honored at Eastern Michigan University 2018 Winter Commencement

MLive (Dec. 16, 2018)

Hundreds of grads receive degrees at UM-Flint commencement ceremony [UM]

MLive (Dec. 16, 2018)

Winter commencement speakers emphasize adaptability, paying it forward [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Dec. 16, 2018)

Michigan Tech holds fall commencement ceremony

WBUP TV (Dec. 17, 2018)

University of Michigan students celebrate Winter Commencement

MLive (Dec. 17, 2018)

More than 700 earn degrees from University of Michigan-Dearborn

Press & Guide (Dec. 17, 2018)

Graduates of the Class of Fall 2018 celebrate commencement [EMU]

The Eastern Echo (Dec. 17, 2018)

Wayne State has fastest improving graduation rate in the nation

Michigan Radio (Dec. 20, 2018)

Tuition

Room and board rate increases approved by Eastern Michigan

MLive (Dec. 19, 2018)

University Accountability

UPDATE: Many at MSU BOT angry about the shutdown of survivor healing fund

WILX TV (Dec. 14, 2018)

Online bid pushes for restoring counseling fund for Nassar victims [MSU, MTU]

The Detroit News (Dec. 17, 2018)

'Several generations' of fraternity took part in hazing, UM says

MLive (Dec. 17, 2018)

Key hearing for ex-MSU President Lou Anna Simon to begin in January, could take 3 days

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 18, 2018)

Professor accused of misconduct by multiple women to officially retire in May 2019 [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Dec. 18, 2018)

UM violin professor on leave after sexual misconduct claims

The Detroit News (Dec. 19, 2018)

County denies wrongdoing in GVSU student's murder

The Holland Sentinel (Dec. 19, 2018)

Michigan Tech Medical Lab Science program receives accreditation

WLUC TV (Dec. 19, 2018)

State investigator's report: MSU 'stonewalls' Nassar probe

The Detroit News (Dec. 21, 2018)

Michigan State-Nassar investigation update accuses MSU of 'circling the wagons'

MLive (Dec. 21, 2018)

Special prosecutor: MSU actions 'made it virtually impossible to know' truth about Nassar

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 21, 2018)

Report: 'no credible evidence' Perles intervened after athlete accused Nassar of rape [MSU]

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 21, 2018)

Here are 11 MSU employees who the AG's office said knew about Nassar's abuse

Lansing State Journal (Dec. 21, 2018)

UM violin professor accused of sexual misconduct

MLive (Dec. 21, 2018)

State report finds no evidence that Perles covered up Nassar claim [MSU]

The Detroit News (Dec. 21, 2018)

Workforce Alignment

State gives $15 million to first Marshall Plan for Talent recipients [FSU]

Crain's Detroit Business (Dec. 17, 2018)

Commentaries

Commencement at NMU a time to reflect, celebrate

The Mining Journal (Dec. 14, 2018)

Michigan must make building talent a priority

Port Huron Times Herald (Dec. 17, 2018)

State and National Reports

Michigan in Context

The 2018 Status Report on Engineering Education: A Snapshot of Diversity in Degrees Conferred in Engineering [PDF]

Association of Public & Land-grant Universities (December 2018)

In Michigan, there exists only a 4 percentage point difference between the percentage of Hispanic 18-24-year-olds in the state and the percentage of all engineering baccalaureates that go to Hispanic students. However, for black students, the same gap is 15 percentage points.

Michigan Association of State Universities | masu.org

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