State aid to higher education

Community

Panhandling for tuition: Battle Creek mom does what she can to send daughter to MSU

Stateside Staff

Battle Creek mom Lori Truex didn't have the money to pay her daughter's Michigan State University tuition.But she didn't let that stop her. Truex decided…

University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel at podium

Politics & Government

UM president weighs in on access, funding, and future of public higher education

Stateside Staff

One of the big topics during this week's Mackinac Policy Conference is higher education: how to help schools turn out the workforce that Michigan's…

Education

MSU and the University of Michigan to raise tuition rates

Michigan Radio Newsroom

Students at two of Michigan’s largest universities will be paying more in the fall.The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents increased in-state…

Education

U of M's endowment is bigger than the GDP of the Bahamas

Mark Brush

Editors of the New Republic saw this tweet from NYU professor and Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer:That "Top 5" tweet compelled them to put together…

Commentary

We are starving our future in Michigan by not investing in higher education

Yesterday, I talked about the challenges the University of Michigan’s new president faces. One of those is, of course, the fact that it is becoming…

Education

Study finds Michigan public universities generate nearly $24 billion in spending

Steve Carmody

Michigan’s public universities are “building the case” for more state aid.The group representing the state’s 15 public universities released a report…

Education

Higher ed in Michigan: tuition rises as state support falls

Michigan Radio Newsroom

In-state tuition and fees at Michigan's four-year public colleges and universities rank sixth highest nationally, with a Michigan average of $11,600 per…