This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News - Jan. 11, 2019

January 11, 2019

While This Week focuses on public higher education news in Michigan, today's announcement by the private, non-profit Baker College regarding its campus closures and consolidations will have impacts across the entire state higher education landscape, and so coverage on this development is included in this edition.

In The News

Special Coverage: Baker College Consolidation

Baker College releases statement about closing its Flint campus

WJRT TV (Jan. 10, 2019)

Baker College to undergo restructuring, locations closing in 2020

WDIV TV (Jan. 10, 2019)

Baker College may close part of its Clinton Township campus

Macomb Daily (Jan. 10, 2019)

Baker College to close Flint-area campus by 2020

MLive (Jan. 11, 2019)

Baker College to consolidate metro Detroit campuses

Crain's Detroit Business (Jan. 11, 2019)

Baker College students react to consolidation announcement

WJRT TV (Jan. 11, 2019)

Collaboration

KCON awarded grant to fund senior onsite care [GVSU]

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Jan. 7, 2019)

Traverse City Business Leaders Pursuing Michigan Tech Partnership

The Traverse Ticker (Jan. 7, 2019)

Grandville, Sparta historical commissions sparring for CMU digital newspaper grant

MLive (Jan. 7, 2019)

College Access & Affordability

Account holds cause deportation risks, anxiety [WSU]

The South End (Jan. 7, 2018)

Car repairs and rent checks: a bold plan to keep Michigan students in college [WMU]

Bridge Magazine (Jan. 7, 2018)

Economic Development

Michigan business outlook down from 6-year highs [EMU]

The Detroit News (Jan. 8, 2019)

Educational Attainment

Michigan counties ranked by number of births in 2017

MLive (Jan. 5, 2019)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Wayne State plans to move 19th century David Mackenzie house

The Detroit News (Jan. 7, 2019)

Caution urged after storm drops heavy snow on Upper Peninsula [LSSU]

Detroit Free Press (Jan. 8, 2019)

U.P. university closes Tuesday after area socked with 14 inches of snow [LSSU]

MLive (Jan. 8, 2019)

Federal award brings second business technology research park to WMU and Oshtemo Township

Western Herald (Jan. 10, 2019)

EMU students cry foul over aggressive parking enforcement by private contractor

MLlive (Jan. 10, 2019)

Plan would grow walkable campus linking Detroit cultural institutions [WSU]

The Detroit News (Jan. 10, 2019)

Flint Water Crisis

Flint water investigator calls for independent oversight of Michigan DEQ [WSU]

Michigan Radio (Jan. 9, 2019)

Governance & Speech

Whitmer signs petition to reopen Nassar aid fund [MSU]

The Detroit News (Jan. 4, 2019)

Nassar victims hope new MSU trustees bring change

The Detroit News (Jan. 8, 2019)

Whitmer choice raises questions about state's conflicts of interest laws [EMU]

Detroit Free Press (Jan. 8, 2019)

Dianne Byrum, critical of MSU's Larry Nassar response, selected to lead board

Detroit Free Press (Jan. 9, 2019)

Dianne Byrum elected chair of MSU board; Kelly chosen as vice chair

The Detroit News (Jan. 9, 2019)

Byrum elected Michigan State board chair; board votes to reinstate 'healing' fund for Nassar victims

MLive (Jan. 9, 2019)

MSU board OKs reopening Nassar victims fund

The Detroit News (Jan. 9, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Scientific research in Michigan may be affected by ongoing federal shutdown [CMU, MSU, UM]

Michigan Radio (Jan. 4, 2019)

Michigan feeling the pinch of federal shutdown [WSU]

The Detroit News (Jan. 4, 2019)

Michigan State research fellow: Shutdown actively hindering research

Lansing State Journal (Jan. 8, 2018)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Dynamics

Closing Confucius Institutes [UM]

Inside Higher Ed (Jan. 9, 2019)

Michigan State to open new fund for former patients of Larry Nassar

Lansing State Journal (Jan. 9, 2019)

Michigan State University to create new fund for Nassar victims

Crain's Detroit Business (Jan. 9, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - State Capital Outlay

Oakland University classroom shortage prompts $40 million expansion, renovation

Crain's Detroit Business (Jan. 4, 2019)

State approves $40M classroom renovation at Oakland University

The Oakland Press (Jan. 4, 2019)

Multi-million dollar renovation and expansion plan announced for one of OU's oldest buildings

Metromode (Jan. 10, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - State Operating Support

Governor Whitmer selects Mike Prusi as director of northern Michigan office

WLUC TV (Jan. 9, 2019)

Institutional Leadership

NMU educator Joe Lubig appointed to 21st Century Education Commission

WLUC TV (Jan. 4, 2019)

Leadership Transitions

Campus Reckons With a President Turned Defendant [MSU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Jan. 4, 2019)

Michigan State Group Asks Presidential Candidates to Go Public

Inside Higher Ed (Jan. 8, 2019)

Philanthropic Support

Foundation backs off on largest gift in Eastern Michigan history

MLive (Jan. 11, 2019)

Recognitions & Awards

University of Michigan pre-med program No. 1 in the country, according to rankings

WDIV TV (Jan. 8, 2019)

Safety & Health

New Title IX advisory board appointed by President Davies [CMU]

Central Michigan Life (Jan. 8, 2019)

Michigan State creates new program for sexual assault victims

MLive (Jan. 10, 2019)

MSU bringing nurses specially trained to aid sexual assault victims to campus

Lansing State Journal (Jan. 11, 2019)

Strategic Planning

New university budget model expected in 2020 [WSU]

The South End (Jan. 8, 2019)

Student Success

Wayne State offers relief to students affected by government shutdown

The Oakland Press (Jan. 7, 2019)

Students seek mental illness support with companion animals [WSU]

The South End (Jan. 8, 2019)

University Accountability

New attorney general to stay the course on Michigan State-Nassar investigation

MLive (Jan. 4, 2019)

University of Michigan to pay $300,000 to settle employee whistleblower lawsuit

MLive (Jan. 8, 2019)

UM to pay $300,000 to settle wrongful termination lawsuit

Michigan Radio (Jan. 8, 2019)

University of Michigan to pay $300K to settle employee lawsuit

Detroit Free Press (Jan. 8, 2019)

2 Universities Conclude That a Prominent Political Scientist Violated Sexual-Harassment Policies [MSU, UM]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Jan. 9, 2019)

11 employees across multiple Michigan universities arrested on child porn charges since 2011 [CMU, MSU, SVSU, UM]

WXYZ TV (Jan. 10, 2019)

Workforce Alignment

Dearborn's Ford Partners with East Lansing's MSU to Develop Vehicle Technology

dbusiness (Jan. 4, 2019)

Responding to pilot shortage, EMU aviation program takes flight with highest enrollment ever [FSU]

Concentrate (Jan. 9, 2019)

U-M engineering graduates no longer flocking to automakers

Detroit Free Press (Jan. 10, 2019)

Commentaries

Editorial: Students pay high price for UM diversity goals [UM-F]

The Detroit News (Jan. 8, 2019)

Editorial: Let the sunshine in

The Detroit News (Jan. 10, 2019)

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