This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News - June 18, 2021

June 18, 2021

This week, MASU was pleased to announce the three winners of the Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year Award! More details are available here, and news stories are found below under Recognitions & Awards. Congratulations to this year's remarkable winners!

Featured Article

Eastern Michigan says emails show they didn't mistreat women reporting sex assaults

Detroit Free Press (June 15)

In the News

College Access & Affordability

UM expected to expand free tuition plan to Flint, Dearborn campuses

The Detroit News (June 16)

U-M extends Go Blue Guarantee free tuition program to Flint, Dearborn campuses

Detroit Free Press (June 17)

Economic Development

TechTown Detroit receives $755,000 federal grant for medical technology [WSU]

Crain’s Detroit Business (June 15)

Invest U.P. has been working with four Upper Peninsula Universities to help further higher education. [MTU]

WBUP TV (June 16)

Enrollment

University enrollment is crashing at decade-high rate, new report shows

Edscoop (June 11)

Michigan high schools ranked by Class of 2020 college enrollment

MLive (June 14)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

University Plaza demolished by WMU, will be repurposed as a green area

WKZO FM (June 14)

Western Michigan University demolishes building to open up green space at gateway to campus

MLive (June 14)

Michigan Medicine reveals name of new Ann Arbor hospital

WDIV TV (June 14)

New simulation room at SVSU to make big impact for nursing students

WJRT TV (June 15)

GVSU opens $70 million medical building in downtown Grand Rapids

WOOD TV (June 16)

Grand Valley's 'flagship' medical building opens in Grand Rapids

Holland Sentinel (June 16)

Take a peek inside Grand Valley State University’s $70M health sciences building on the Medical Mile

MLive (June 16)

Governance & Speech

Debate at MSU continues over diversity, rock painting

WLNS TV (June 14)

Group explains their stance with painting of MSU rock

WILX (June 14)

Higher Education Finance – Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Michigan leaders face crossroads with 'unprecedented' cash, but how will they spend it? [MASU]

The Detroit News (June 14)

Higher Education Finance — Institutional Dynamics

Michigan State students might see change for the leasing process in the fall

WILX TV (June 11)

What is NIL and what are Michigan, Michigan State doing about it?

Detroit Free Press (June 14)

UM students call for equitable investment at Flint, Dearborn campuses

The Detroit News (June 16)

UM-Flint, Dearborn students rally for more satellite campus funding ahead of budget talks [UM]

MLive (June 16)

Michigan athletics projects $62.9M budget deficit for 2021 fiscal year, $1.4M surplus in 2022

The Detroit News (June 17)

Michigan athletics projects $62.9 million deficit for 2021 fiscal year, surplus for 2022

Detroit Free Press (June 17)

Higher Education Finance — State Capital Outlay

WMU College of Aviation expansion allows for double the student body

WZZM TV (June 15)

Labor Relations

Faculty and administration at Northern Michigan University continue to negotiate faculty contracts

WJMN TV (June 10)

NMU faculty contract negotiations at standstill

WLUC TV (June 11)

‘We will not back down, ever!’ LEO protests on Bargaining Day in front of Schlissel’s house [UM, UM-D, UM-F]

The Michigan Daily (June 14)

Leadership Transitions

Celebrating Global Acclaim and Progress Amidst Challenges during Leadership Transition in MSU’s CANR

WKAR TV (June 11)

Program Delivery

GVSU hires director for accelerator initiative

Grand Rapids Business Journal (June 11)

New simulation room at SVSU to make big impact for nursing students

WJRT TV (June 15)

Dan Gilbert to help fund MSU, Apple coding school in Detroit

Lansing State Journal (June 17)

Rock companies to provide multi-million grant, mentor support to Apple Developer Academy [MSU]

The Detroit News (June 17)

Recognitions & Awards

UM-Dearborn’s Yunus Zeytuncu, Mathematics associate professor, named Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year [MASU]

University of Michigan – Dearborn News (June 15)

Michigan Tech professor receives Professor of the Year Award [SVSU, UM-D, MASU]

WLUC TV (June 16)

SVSU chemistry professor named Michigan Distinguished Professor of the year [MTU, UM-D, MASU]

MTU professor receives top state honor [SVSU, UM-D, MASU]

The Mining Journal (June 17)

Safety & Health

Public safety task force at University of Michigan submits final report, recommendations

MLive (June 11)

Man slain in Austin shooting went to college in Michigan, worked for Ford [MSU, UM-D]

The Detroit News (June 14)

Two women charged in SVSU sorority hazing probe

WJRT TV (June 14)

SVSU investigating alleged sorority hazing incident

WSMH TV (June 15)

Tuition

University of Michigan OKs tuition hike for 2021-22, but touts '0% increase' for most students [EMU, LSSU, OU, MSU, MASU]

The Detroit News (June 17)

University Accountability

Wayne State stalled for 2 years on FOIA request. Then we told them this article was coming

Detroit Free Press (June 14)

Dozens of ex-Michigan football players, Anderson victims to demand action from school

Detroit Free Press (June 15)

Schembechler family: 'Bo was not aware' of Robert Anderson's sexual assaults at Michigan

Detroit Free Press (June 15)

Former UM student: AD Don Canham was told of abuse by Dr. Anderson in early '80s

The Detroit News (June 16)

Subscribe to This Week