March 15, 2024

In the News

Collaboration

Bay College, Northern Michigan University Sign Social Work Degree Agreement

Radio Results Network (Mar. 12)


Economic Benefits of Higher Education

In Michigan, 60% of jobs don’t pay middle-class wages. Can state stop slide?

Bridge (Mar. 14)


Economic Development

Pentagon’s $40M to electronics company paves path for U.P. tech industry [MTU]

MLive (Mar. 13)


Enrollment

Bucking college enrollment trends in the U.P. [MTU, NMU, MASU]

UPword (Mar. 13)


Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

University of Michigan unable to accommodate increasing demand for dorm housing

WEMI FM (Mar. 7)


U-M Dearborn engineering building renamed Tony England Engineering Lab Building

The Michigan Daily (Mar. 10)


Higher Education Finance — Institutional Financial Aid

Ferris State increasing some scholarship amounts

WZZM TV (Mar. 13)


Higher Education Finance — Other State Support

Grant to Help MSU Address MI's Direct Care Worker Shortage

WHMI FM (Mar. 8)


Higher Education Finance — State Student Financial Aid

The state expected 41K Michigan college students to use new scholarship. It was far fewer. [EMU, MSU]

MLive (Mar. 14)


Institutional Leadership

NASPA Centers the Stories of Diverse Student Affairs Professionals [CMU]

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (Mar. 10)


Provost Laurie McCauley talks free speech principles and generative AI in exclusive interview [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Mar. 12)


Leadership Transitions

Rebecca Cunningham, vice president for research, to become 18th president of University of Minnesota [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Mar. 12)


CMU Trustees to discuss president selection process

The Morning Sun (Mar. 13)


Teresa Woodruff to return to faculty position on MSU campus in May 2025

Lansing State Journal (Mar. 13)


New MSU president ‘looking forward’ at goals, not ‘backwards’ at distrust, disarray

The State News (Mar. 13)


Look through 6 years: President Bob Davies's legacy, Central Michigan University future

Central Michigan Life (Mar. 14)


Program Delivery

FSU provides parapros with tuition-free teaching degrees thanks to state grants

WWTV TV (Mar. 8)


Michigan Hybrid Program Aims to Reach 50,000 Adult Students [GVSU]

Inside Higher Ed (Mar. 12)


Western Michigan University students invigorate cold cases with passion and perseverance

WEYI TV (Mar. 12)


New Grand Valley program combines online, in-person adult education across Michigan

Crain’s Detroit Business (Mar. 14)


GVSU expands program to help adult learners finish their college degrees

WZZM TV (Mar. 14)


Safety & Health

Overdose identification and prevention at Narcan training [OU]

The Oakland Post (Mar. 13)


Strategic Planning

CMU outreach expands in northern Michigan and rural communities

The Morning Sun (Mar. 8)


CMU brings new hub for online learning, rural health and more to Traverse City

WWTV TV (Mar. 12)


Tuition

WMU students agree to raise student fees

MLive (Mar. 14)


Workforce Alignment

SVSU, Memorial Healthcare partner to offer reduced tuition rates to hospital employees

MLive (Mar. 8)

Subscribe to This Week