Mike Balow: Trustee Candidate is Right for Michigan State
Vote November 8 for Mike Balow, MSU Board of Trustees.
PERSPECTIVES: What a Reporter Learned While Researching Michigan Public University Enrollments
"MSU admitted nearly 85% of its 55,525 applicants."
October 16, 2022/
MSU, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: Even Tougher Times Ahead for Michigan’s Public Universities
Matt Miller in MLive: “Michigan’s public universities have lost 45,000 students since 2011. It’s about to get worse.”
October 14, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: State of Michigan Takes Steps to Cut College Costs
FROM THE BRIDGE OF MICHIGAN: “College will be more affordable for most Michigan college freshmen next year, thanks to the …
October 13, 2022/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: MSU Signs Legal Brief Aimed at Keeping Sexual Abuse Survivors from Filing Lawsuit Against Universities
Another example of MSU's regrettable pattern of institutional choice-making.
October 10, 2022/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: College Costs is an Intergenerational Calamaty
"Deliberate government action...is required to equalize mammoth generational iniquities."
October 9, 2022/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Another Public University Conducts Private Presidential Search
The search was conducted outside of the state's Sunshine Act.
October 8, 2022/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/
PERSPECTIVES: How “The Attention Society” Corrupts Science
"The insatiable drive for attention (branding and promotion) is affecting science."
October 4, 2022/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Institutional Self-Evaluation in Higher Education? Spotty at Best
"How can a system run by liberals be so conservative?"
October 3, 2022/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: Enlightenment Philosophers on Today’s Political Kerfuffle
Frank Fear's commentary was published recently in LA Progressive.
October 1, 2022/
Neoliberalism, Society/
PERSPECTIVE: From Corporate to a Truly Public University
"A public university is more akin to a socially engaged knowledge commons than to a corporation."
September 30, 2022/
Articles, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed/
NEWS BRIEFS: Consultant Recommends MSU Establish an Independent Ethics and Compliance Office
"An independent ethics and compliance office helps ensure accountability."
September 25, 2022/
MSU, News Briefs/
NEWS BRIEFS: Citing “Reputational Damage,” Endowed and Distingushed MSU Faculty Back President
Senior faculty members issued a joint letter expressing their views.
PERSPECTIVES: State News Editorial on the Situation at Michigan State
"The board has not had a productive public discussion. That’s unacceptable."
September 21, 2022/
Higher Ed, MSU, Perspectives/
NEWS STORIES: “Public Brain Drain” — Many Graduates of Michigan’s Public Universities Leave the State
THE DETROIT NEWS: “Michigan Technological University and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor are ranked among the nation’s top …
September 19, 2022/
News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/