March 6, 2026

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In the News

Collaboration

Kirtland and CMU collaborate to enhance transfer pathways

WWTV TV (Mar. 3)


Glen Oaks Signs New Transfer Agreements With WMU

WBET FM (Mar. 3)


$650K grant expands CMU’s Central Bound program to northern Michigan colleges

WWTV TV (Mar. 4)


College Access & Affordability

Great Lakes Bay Region College Night at SVSU offers FAFSA help

MLive (Mar. 2)


Michigan gives grants to districts that require students to fill out FAFSA

Bridge (Mar. 3)


Diversity on Campus

Schools can be isolating for Native American students. WMU is hiring ‘elders’ to change that.

MLive (Mar. 2)


Economic Development

Investment firm proves to be a Sleeping Giant when it comes to local growth [WMU]

WOOD FM (Mar. 4)


The outsized economic impact of Higher Education in the U.P. [LSSU, MTU, NMU, MASU]

UPword (Mar. 4)


Educational Attainment

Michigan falling short of ‘Sixty by 30’ college goal, but it remains a rallying cry

Michigan Advance (Mar. 5)


Enrollment

Falling enrollments force changes at universities

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 28)


Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Kalamazoo Event Center, a $500M project, aims to bring Western Michigan students downtown

WXMI TV (Feb. 27)


Kalamazoo Event Center adds thousands to hockey arena capacity, brings WMU sports downtown

WXMI TV (Mar 2)


Federal Policy

U-M ends ties with program that helped diversify PhDs, after federal threat

Bridge (Feb. 27)

 

University of Michigan named potential Department of War partner after Trump cuts

MLive (Mar. 2)

 

MSU facility lets microchip-makers do outer space tests here on Earth

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 4)


Governance & Speech

Can UM ignore local zoning laws to build data center? [MSU, WSU]

The Detroit News (Mar. 3)


University of Michigan power to avoid local land use rules targeted after Los Alamos backlash [MSU, WSU, MASU]

MLive (Mar. 4)


Governor appoints two alumni to Western Michigan University Board of Trustees

WWMT TV (Mar. 4)


Whitmer taps 2 alumni to fill seats on Grand Valley State University board

MLive (Mar. 4)


Two new NMU Trustees appointed

WNUM FM (Mar. 5)


GH's Polston appointed to GVSU board

Grand Haven Tribune (Mar. 5)


Billionaire tied to incoming Kalamazoo arena appointed to WMU board

MLive (Mar. 5)


Higher Education Finance – Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Grand Valley State University to receive $1M for research in 'responsible' AI use

WWMT TV (Mar. 2)


'Trustworthy AI Consortium' focused on ethics, security launches in West Michigan [GVSU]

WWMT TV (Mar. 5)


Higher Education Finance — Institutional Dynamics

Blue Cross, Michigan Medicine dispute puts 300K patients in limbo

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 4)


Michigan Medicine threatens to stop accepting Blue Cross insurance in reimbursement dispute

Crain’s Detroit Business (Mar. 4)


Higher Education Finance — Institutional Financial Aid

EMU strengthens child welfare workforce with new Title IV-E program

WEMU FM (Mar. 3)


Higher Education Finance — Other State Support

Speaker Hall: most halted work projects will have funding restored, $369M in cuts remain [WSU]

MLive (Mar. 4)


Higher Education in the 2026 Elections

State Senate District 35 special election forum set for March [SVSU]

MLive (Feb. 27)


Philanthropic Support

Ferris State University aims for $300,000 in annual One Day for Dawgs fundraiser

WWMT TV (Mar. 4)


Program Delivery

Bot instructors? AI use at University of Michigan differs across campus

MLive (Feb. 28)


Heidelberg Project archive finds permanent home at Wayne State

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 4)


Recognitions & Awards

Women who shaped Michigan through education. 4 who made impact [WMU]

Detroit Free Press (Mar. 1)


OU’s Dunya Mikhail Selected to Serve as Holmes Visiting Professor of Poetry at Princeton this Fall

Patch (Mar. 2)


Safety & Health

46 University of Michigan students have died in less than 6 years. That’s fewer than expected.

MLive (Mar. 5)


Workforce Alignment

Ferris State to host second annual Jill of All Trades event, encouraging young women to join skilled workforce industries

WYBR FM (Mar. 4)


EMU selected to participate in Educator Preparation Provider Collaborative [CMU, MSU, NMU, WMU]

The Eastern Echo (Mar. 2)

Commentaries

Opinion: Michigan is a poorer state than most of us think [UM]

Crain’s Detroit Business (Mar. 5)

The Dean's List

The Lighter Side of the News

Ferris State University to host football championship parade in Big Rapids

WWMT TV (Mar. 4)