This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News - Apr. 19, 2019

April 19, 2019

In The News

Collaboration

GRPS growing partners, interest in career academies at Ottawa Hills [FSU, GVSU]

MLive (Apr. 18, 2019)

College Access & Affordability

How a $1,250 student loan becomes thousands more

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 12, 2019)

What's most important about applying to college - the student [OU]

The Voice (Apr. 15, 2019)

Study.com ranks LSSU No. 1 in affordability

The Holland Sentinel (Apr. 17, 2019)

2019 Academic State Champs honors Michigan schools where college is the norm [MSU, UM, UM-D]

Bridge Magazine (Apr. 17, 2019)

Gov. Whitmer joins college access advocacy day

WILX TV (Apr. 17, 2019)

Education Advocates Push College Access Help in Lansing [FSU]

WWTV TV (Apr. 17, 2019)

How Michigan schools are increasing numbers of high-achieving, low-income college applicants [MSU, UM]

Metromode (Apr 17, 2019)

Diversity on Campus

Black students reflect on activism that led to new UM multicultural center

MLive (Apr. 11, 2019)

MSU focused on building women's participation in "computing across the entire ecosystem"

WKAR TV (Apr. 19, 2019)

Economic Development

UM-Flint partners with the Brookings Institution to implement big ideas

The Burton View (Apr. 11, 2019)

International students impact Michigan economy [MSU]

Capital News Service (Apr. 12, 2019)

Michigan's entrepreneurial economy rises, but at slower rate, report shows [MASU]

Crain's Detroit Business (Apr. 15, 2019)

Enrollment

See where Class of 2018 at your Michigan public high school went to college [GVSU, MSU, UM]

MLive (Apr. 15, 2019)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

University of Michigan opening multicultural center

WWMT TV (Apr. 11, 2019)

Tree removal begins as WMU business park expansion is underway

MLive (Apr. 12, 2019)

Central Michigan University Offers Escape Room Experience

WWTV TV (Apr. 12, 2019)

University of Michigan natural history museum reopening to public

Crain's Detroit Business (Apr. 13, 2019)

WMU Unveils new one-of-a-kind facility

WKZO FM (Apr. 15, 2019)

WMU hosts transportation sessions to gather input on campus future

Western Herald (Apr. 15, 2019)

Geology Department hosts mastodon, mammoth fossils [GVSU]

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Apr. 15, 2019)

Spin scooters to roll out in Ann Arbor as city ditches Bird [UM]

MLive (Apr. 16, 2019)

More Than 60 Years Later, A WMU Grad Helps Start Another Paper Manufacturing Machine

WMUK FM (Apr. 16, 2019)

University of Michigan-Flint opens new food pantry

MLive (Apr. 16, 2019)

Food pantry created for college students [UM-F]

WNEM TV (Apr. 16, 2019)

NMU Bookstore reopens in new space

WLUC TV (Apr. 16, 2019)

New MSU Museum exhibit gives voice, control to the hundreds of survivors of Nassar's abuse

Lansing State Journal (Apr. 16, 2019)

Governance & Speech

Student senate proposal to Board of Trustees calls for more student involvement [GVSU]

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Apr. 12, 2019)

Pair of college free speech bills introduced in State house [GVSU]

Holland Sentinel (Apr. 13, 2019)

Two new bills could potentially change free speech at public universities [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Apr. 17, 2019)

Flint's Isaiah Oliver appointed to CMU Board of Trustees

MLive (Apr. 17, 2019)

Gov. Whitmer appoints Flint's Isaiah Oliver to CMU Board of Trustees

WEYI TV (Apr. 17, 2019)

Gov. Whitmer appoints Bridget N. Summers to NMU Board of Trustees

WLUC TV (Apr. 17, 2019)

Summers appointed to NMU board

The Mining Journal (Apr. 18, 2019)

GOP campus speech bills spark Democratic criticism, university opposition [MASU]

The Detroit News (Apr. 18, 2019)

MSU board says it can't force Engler to talk with AG

Michigan Advance (Apr. 19, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Dynamics

One University Campaign hosts forum to continue awareness of inequities between the University's three campuses [UM, UM-D, UM-F]

The Michigan Daily (Apr. 11, 2019)

Wayne State calls for state to investigate Medicaid payment program at center of dispute

Crain's Detroit Business (Apr. 16, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Financial Aid

Duncan Aviation Announces Endowment Fund for Aviation Scholarship with Western Michigan University

Aviation Pros (Apr. 15, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - Other State Support

MIDOCS places medical residents into underserved areas of Michigan [CMU, MSU, UM, WMU]

MiBiz (Apr. 14, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - State Capital Outlay

Spreading its wings [FSU]

The Ferris Torch (Apr. 12, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - State Student Financial Aid

Post-secondary education funding starts with gas tax increase, Whitmer says

WWMT TV (Apr. 17, 2019)

Whitmer joins lawmaker to roll out higher education plan

WLNS TV (Apr. 18, 2019)

Effort to Ensure Every Michigander has a Path to a High Wage Skill

WJMN TV (Apr. 18, 2019)

Gov. announces plan to help with tuition

WILX TV (Apr. 18, 2019)

Institutional Leadership

WMU president joins MLK, Michelle Obama, Ben Franklin as member of elite academy

MLive (Apr. 18, 2019)

Leadership Transitions

Cook named new chancellor at Montana Tech [MTU]

KXLF TV [MT] (Apr. 12, 2019)

Montana Tech selects Michigan Tech vice president as new chancellor

Montana Standard (Apr. 12, 2019)

Montana Tech announces replacement for retiring chancellor [MTU]

KTMF TV [MT] (Apr. 12, 2019)

It's time to say "Haasta La Vista" [GVSU]

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Apr. 15, 2019)

UM inaugurates Domenico Grasso as sixth UM-Dearborn chancellor

The Michigan Journal (Apr. 16, 2019)

Vice president for research reflects on career at the University [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Apr. 16, 2019)

Philanthropic Support

Endowment honoring life of service to eye research sees first recipient at Oakland University

The Oakland Press (Apr. 19, 2019)

Program Delivery

Presidents Divided on Community College Bachelor's Degrees [MASU]

Inside Higher Ed (Apr. 12, 2019)

Majoring in marijuana: Michigan universities expand their degree programs [LSSU, NMU, UM]

MLive (Apr. 18, 2019)

LSSU to offer cannabis business degree in the fall

WNMU FM (Apr. 18, 2019)

Safety & Health

Sexual Assault Awareness Month to raise awareness, promote action [WMU]

Western Herald (Apr. 14, 2019)

Students had the chance to de-stress with some furry friends [UM-F]

WEYI TV (Apr. 17, 2019)

University-administered survey finds WSU students are happy

The South End (Apr. 17, 2019)

University of Michigan student finds bug in food for second time in dining hall

MLive (Apr. 18, 2019)

Tuition

Central Michigan University freezes tuition for new students

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 11, 2019)

CMU board approves no tuition increase for first-year students

The Morning Sun (Apr. 12, 2019)

MSU Raises Room & Board 1.95%

WILX TV (Apr. 12, 2019)

CMU freezes tuition for new students

WILX TV (Apr. 12, 2019)

University Accountability

Davenport University gives students at 2 charters chance to earn a diploma and degree [GVSU]

MLive (Apr. 11, 2019)

Judge OKs new charge against former Michigan State dean

The Detroit News (Apr. 12, 2019)

SVSU vacates 395 wins as part of NCAA penalties

MLive (Apr. 15, 2019)

MSU pressures Engler to interview with AG's office

The Detroit News (Apr. 16, 2019)

MSU employees say Simon was 'detail-oriented,' kept close tabs on employees

The Detroit News (Apr. 16, 2019)

Note by ex-MSU President Lou Anna Simon indicates 2014 Nassar discussion, testimony shows

MLive (Apr. 16, 2019)

Lou Anna Simon's attorneys say no Michigan State officials or documents used Nassar's name in 2014

Lansing State Journal (Apr. 16, 2019)

University of Michigan opera professor harassed student; remains on payroll

MLive (Apr. 17, 2019)

Central Michigan fires gymnastics coach after 'egregious misconduct'

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 18, 2019)

CMU fires gymnastics coach for misconduct

WWMT TV (Apr. 18, 2019)

Here's what MSU got for paying elite firm $6.2 million to investigate 170 sexual assault cases

Michigan Radio (Apr. 18, 2019)

CMU fires gymnastics coach for urging athlete to lie about concussion

The Detroit News (Apr. 18, 2019)

Workforce Alignment

Job outlook for GVSU students on positive trend

WOOD TV (Apr. 18, 2019)

Commentaries

Wayne State medical school dean: Dr. Hassan is doing 'crucial' work

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 12, 2019)

Careers in trades increasingly a great choice for women [NMU]

The Daily News (Apr. 13, 2019)

A ban on sex between professors and undergraduates is long overdue at MSU

Lansing State Journal (Apr. 15, 2019)

Jacques: Don't conflate Nassar scandal with Title IX reforms [MSU, UM]

The Detroit News (Apr. 15, 2019)

Hey John Engler, get yourself to Michigan for an interview with AG in Larry Nassar case [MSU]

Lansing State Journal (Apr. 18, 2019)

State & National Reports

Michigan in Context

State Higher Education Finance: FY 2018

State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (April 2019)

This annual compendium of public higher education financial data is released, and is vital for all interested in the sector.

College Textbook Affordability: Landscape, Evidence, and Policy Directions [PDF]

Midwestern Higher Education Compact (April 2019)

MHEC's comparison of Michigan and its peer states on college textbook affordability shows that Michigan is a regional leader in considering how to promote the use of open educational resources (OER), free and un-copyrighted educational material.

Michigan Association of State Universities | masu.org

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