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It makes sense for a single agency to coordinate policies in higher education. But Whitmer’s new department may violate the state Constitution and, as we’ve seen in Florida, there are perils when a state executive takes away power from independent institutions.
University of Michigan-Flint Chancellor Deba Dutta will leave the school in September. The change comes as the campus is attempting to improve the long term viability of the school, work that will temporarily be paused.
The aim is to improve educational outcomes from early childhood through after-school and postsecondary programs, with the goal of every Michigan student earning a skill certificate or degree after high school.
Larry Nassar, former sports doctor for Michigan State University and the USA Gymnastics, was stabbed in a federal prison during an altercation Sunday night.
In rejecting the plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt, the court crushed a signature promise made by Joe Biden in the 2020 race for president. The ruling impacts more than 40 million borrowers, including over 800,000 in Michigan.
The Supreme Court reversed years of precedent in ruling that race-conscious college admissions policies violate the Equal Protection Clause. U-M officials say a 2006 affirmative action ban in Michigan made fielding a diverse student body harder.
In Democrats’ first education budget, lawmakers directed more funds to schools with disadvantaged students as the state tries to recover from pandemic learning loss. There is also more investment for English language learners and special education.
While waiting for a joint committee between Senate and House lawmakers to finalize budget details, Michigan lawmakers passed a series of bills ranging from a child marriage ban to a sexual assault victim protection law.
Lawyers for slain students Brian Fraser and Arielle Anderson, and for an injured student, Hanyang Tao, filed court papers that may be a prelude to suit. Seven of the eight students shot in February have now filed court notices.
Social science researchers at Michigan State University hosted an experiment examining mansplaining’s impact on men and women. Spoiler alert: It hurts women more than men.
A lawyer for Hao, one of five critically injured students, said MSU acted with ‘gross negligence’ in its safety and security actions. He is the third injured student to file notice of suit. Three other students were killed in the February attack.
40 million student loan borrowers across the U.S. will be affected by the impending ruling. Here is what’s at stake and the issues at play before the conservative-majority court.
Getting more young adults to stay in Michigan or move here starts with asking the people who have actually done it. Selling the state’s natural beauty, they say, can help transform Michigan’s image as a cold place up north.
The family of one of the three students killed in the Feb. 13 mass shooting contends MSU had “dangerous or defective” building conditions that made it easier for the shooter to access the building where Alexandria Verner and several other students were shot.
Flurry of Democratic legislation also includes mandatory lead testing for young children, alcohol sales inside college stadiums and reforms to prevent child abuse.
A college accrediting agency said it is reviewing U-M’s actions after the union representing graduate student instructors said the university falsified students’ grades this past semester while grad instructors were on strike.