February 7, 2025

 

News from MASU

MASU has updated our Michigan Public Higher Education Public Policy Agenda for the 2025-26 legislative cycle. You can read it here, or check out our CEO Dan Hurley’s blog post below:


Announcing the 2025 MASU State Higher Education Public Policy Agenda

Daniel Hurley, Optimizing Education (Jan. 6)

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Reaction to Gov. Whitmer’s proposed budget [MASU]

WLNS TV (Feb. 5)

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New MILEAP Sixty x 30 Student Success grant cycles and deadlines are now available

 

In the News

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Michigan State University joins Campus Race to Zero Waste competition

WLNS TV (Feb. 3)


Michigan State University trustees set to vote on demolishing 1950s-era IM West

Lansing State Journal (Feb. 4)


Federal Policy

President’s Cabinet explains protocols for ICE on campus [WMU]

Western Herald (Feb. 4)


ICE can enter University of Michigan buildings for enforcement, officials warn

MLive (Feb. 5)


MSU apologizes for canceling Chinese student event after Trump order

Bridge (Feb. 5)


WMU gives guidance on what to do if ICE shows up on campus

MLive (Feb. 5)


‘It’s Creating Chaos’: College Presidents Weigh Responses to Trump’s Upheavals [MSU, OU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Feb. 5)


Education Department Removes Nonbinary Gender Option on FAFSA

Inside Higher Ed (Feb. 5)


Governance & Speech

Trump order targeting student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters worries Michigan advocates [UM]

Michigan Advance (Feb. 1)


WMU introduce guidelines for university statements on geopolitical matters [MSU, UM]

Western Herald (Feb. 6)


Higher Education Finance – Federal Funding & Financial Aid

CMU receives $3M grant for Alzheimer’s research

MLive (Jan. 31)


Higher Education Finance — Institutional Dynamics

Michigan’s next steps and costs to adding a Division I women’s hockey team [UM]

MLive (Feb. 3)


Higher Education Finance — Other State Support

Shimadzu Core Labs awarded grant [FSU]

Ferris State Torch (Feb. 5)


Higher Education Finance — State Operating Support

Whitmer’s budget proposal boosts education spending

WNEM TV (Feb. 5)


Whitmer recommends trimming education budget, boosting per-student funding for FY 2026

Michigan Advance (Feb. 5)


Institutional Leadership

Bill Pink | Crain’s Newsmakers 2024

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business (Feb. 4)


Gupta set to chair MSU president's council as part of settlement

The Detroit News (Feb. 5)


MSU settles lawsuit with former business school dean who said he was wrongly fired

Lansing State Journal (Feb. 5)


MSU taps former biz school dean, Bank of America exec to lead new business council

Crain’s Detroit Business (Feb. 5)


Labor Relations

MSU expands eligibility for employee benefit

The State News (Feb. 7)


Leadership Transitions

'The power of a place like CMU'

Central Michigan Life (Feb. 3)


Philanthropic Support

MSU sets $3 billion fundraising goal for upcoming capital campaign

The State News (Feb. 4)


Strategic Planning

New WMU master plan focuses on dense campus center

WOOD TV (Feb. 6)


BoT approves 2025 master plan [WMU]

Western Herald (Feb. 7)

 

Commentaries

Higher Ed Is Trapped in Trump’s Chaos [MSU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Feb. 4)

 

State and National Reports

Michigan in Context

Grapevine Fiscal Year 2025

SHEEO (February 2025)

 
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