College Access & Affordability
How to double your chances of getting into the University of Michigan [MSU]
MLive (Jan. 3)
More options for cheaper college if Michigan students fill out free form [EMU, GVSU, UM]
Bridge (Jan. 5)
Economic Development
Michigan’s focus on future mobility attracts big (Rapids) investment [FSU]
Grand Rapids Business Journal (Jan. 2)
Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement
New student center getting closer to opening at Western Michigan University
MLive (Dec. 20)
108-bed townhome complex proposed near University of Michigan
MLive (Dec. 30)
Capital projects slated for NMU in 2023
WNMU FM (Jan. 5)
Ferris State construction takes advantage of January warm up
Manistee News Advocate (Jan. 5)
Governance & Speech
MSU event honoring ex-president Simon draws enthusiastic supporters and angry protesters
The State News (Dec. 19)
Gov. Whitmer appoints 2 to MTU Board of Trustees
WLUC TV (Dec. 22)
Whitmer appoints bank executive Sandy Pierce to MSU Board of Trustees [WSU]
The Detroit News (Dec. 27)
Whitmer taps bank executive Sandy Pierce to join MSU Board of Trustees [WSU]
MLive (Dec. 27)
Whitmer appoints Sandy Pierce as replacement MSU trustee [WSU]
Crain’s Detroit Business (Dec. 27)
Johnson tapped for Tech board
The Mining Journal (Dec. 27)
Whitmer names bank executive Sandy Pierce to MSU Board of Trustees [WSU]
Detroit Free Press (Dec. 27)
Meet New Michigan State University Trustee Dennis Denno
WKAR TV (Jan. 3)
Nomination process for new Western Michigan University trustees ‘ongoing’
MLive (Jan. 4)
Higher Education Finance – Federal Funding & Financial Aid
EMU professor Tsu-Yin Wu awarded federal grant to battle health inequality
The Eastern Echo (Dec. 27)
EMU Space Partnership Collects $270K Grant from National Science Foundation
dbusiness (Dec. 28)
MSU gets $2M federal grant to make jet fuel from plant related to cabbage
MLive (Dec. 29)
Higher Education Finance — Institutional Dynamics
Records: Ishbia, St. Andre paying $24 million toward Tucker's $95 million salary [MSU]
Detroit Free Press (Dec. 22)
Higher Education in the 2024 Elections
College students push to ease voting access after midterm barriers [MSU, UM]
Michigan Advance (Jan. 1)
Institutional Leadership
U-M president Ono: A winning football team lifts donations, admissions scramble
Detroit Free Press (Dec. 31)
Leadership Transitions
Michigan State expected to launch presidential search, but not make pick until '24
Lansing State Journal (Jan. 6)
Program Delivery
Central Michigan University to expand medical education, health care programs
Midland Daily News (Dec. 16)
New certificate focused on STEM skills at CMU
The Morning Sun (Dec. 27)
Report: Nearly half of college grads studying humanities regret choice [MSU, NMU]
Daily Telegram (Dec. 27)
Wayne State to Establish Center for Black Studies, Increase Faculty
Insight into Diversity (Jan. 4)
Recognitions & Awards
U.S. News to change law school rankings after UM, Yale quit
Crain’s Detroit Business (Jan. 3)
Student Success
NMU, MTU to celebrate fall commencement
WLUC TV (Dec. 16)
WMU awards 1,234 degrees during fall 2022 commencement ceremonies
Western Herald (Dec. 19)
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