June 27, 2025

News from MASU

MASU's CEO Dan Hurley appears on this week's MishMash Podcast (starts at 5:12 mark)

Gongwer News Service & WDET FM (June 26)

In the News

Collaboration

Bay Mills Community College, NMU partner to create more Anishinaabemowin teachers

WLUC TV (June 25)


Federal Policy

Tuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities [MSU]

The New York Times (June 20)


UM, other universities win order voiding federal agency’s 15% research cost cap

Crain’s Detroit Business (June 22)


Higher Education Finance — Institutional Dynamics

Wayne State plans $10M in cuts to balance its latest budget

Crain’s Detroit Business (June 26)


Higher Education Finance — State Operating Support

House Republicans approve $56.6M cut to MSU funding, budget advances to Senate

The State News (June 19)


DEI and international students: Why state GOP wants to cut University of Michigan budget [MSU]

MLive (June 20)


Leadership Transitions

MSU names new Vice President for Student Affairs

WLNS TV (June 18)


Michigan State raids another Big 10 school for leader of reconfigured Student Affairs unit

The Detroit News (June 18)


Philanthropic Support

Palm Beach Philanthropy: Kenneth Eisenberg gives $40 million to University of Michigan

Palm Beach Daily News [FL] (June 25)


Program Delivery

The universities already offering AI degrees, from Penn to Rice University [OU]

AOL (June 22)


Scholarship AI assistants aim to ease tuition burden, but concerns linger [FSU, UM]

WXMI TV (Jan. 26)


Wayne State Launches Prison Education Program

Inside Higher Ed (June 27)


NMU offers master’s degree in speech-language pathology

Daily Press (June 27)


Recognitions & Awards

Michigan Tech’s Psychology and Human Factors Department celebrates a record year in research funding and 20 years on campus

Keweenaw Report (June 25)


Tuition

MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz comments on ‘financial troubles’ after tuition increase

WILX TV (June 24)


WMU raises tuition by $700 — and more for certain programs

MLive (June 26)


Eastern Michigan University to increase tuition 4.5% next year [MSU, UM, WSU]

Crain’s Detroit Business (June 26)


CMU Board of Trustees approves tuition increase, balanced budget for 2025-26

Central Michigan Life (June 26)


NMU tuition and fee rates to increase slightly

WLUC TV (June 26)

Commentaries

Editorial: It’s shortsighted to slash UM, MSU's state funding

Crain’s Detroit Business (June 20)


Editorial: Slashing funds for UM, MSU, would hurt Michigan

The Detroit News (June 25)

State and National Reports

Michigan in Context

2025 College Promise Programs in the Midwest

Penn AHEAD (June 2025)