Current Budget News

• Vice Provost Pollack outlines affordability challenge in higher education (3-21-13, Record Update)

  U-M disappointed with House subcommittee action on higher ed funding (3-20-13 Record Update)

• Mary Sue Coleman to state lawmakers: Invest in higher ed because Michigan cannot afford an undereducated workforce (2-26-13, AnnArbor.com)

• Legislators briefed by Coleman on higher education (2-26-13, Michigan Daily)

• Coleman stresses financial aid, careful cost cutting in budget testimony (2-27-13, Record Update)

• Governor proposes increasing higher-ed funding for a second year (2-8-13, Record Update)

• U-M course teaches students where their cash goes (Detroit Free Press, Sept. 24, 2012)

• New U-M course lets students peek behind the scenes of the college budget (AnnArbor.com, Sept. 20, 2012)

• Science board concerned about declines in funding for public research universities (National Science Foundation, Sept. 15, 2012)

• In an economic storm, a college degree is still the best umbrella (Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 15, 2012)

• Recession's other victim: public universities (Chicago Tribune, July 19, 2012)

• Governor signs bills that provide funding for higher education (University Record, June 27, 2012)

• Aid will cover total increase in costs for students with financial need (University Record, June 22, 2012)

• State will help fund building renovations on all three campuses (University Record, June 18, 2012)

• U-M has one of slowest rates of growth in cost nationwide (University Record, June 14, 2012)

• Ignore the debt hype. College is a great investment (CNN, June 11, 2012)
• Nearly final state budget plan would boost funding on all three campuses (University Record, June 4, 2012)

• President Coleman urges improvements in higher-ed funding metrics (Record Update, March 15, 2012)

• U-M President: Gov. Snyder's funding proposal for higher education gives people warped view of university (Detroit Free Press, March 14, 2012)

• The long hike up: Tracking the causes of the University's tuition increases (Michigan Daily, March 3, 2012)

• Report: Michigan to see gradual economic recover
  over next 3 years (Detroit Free Press, January 13, 2012)
• Biden discusses college costs during Ohio visit (Coshocton Tribune, January 13, 2012

• Michigan 2020 aims to provide student aid (Michigan Daily, January 13, 2012)

• ‘College tax’ burdens students, state (Bridge, January, 10 2012)

• It's education, stupid (not taxes) (Huffington Post, November 28, 2011)
• College is Cheaper than You Think (New York Times, November 4, 2011)
• Michigan Surpassing 48 States Shows Autos Drive U.S. Recovery (Bloomberg Businessweek, November 2, 2011)
• University of Michigan to save $1 million over three years following switch in mail-order prescription vendor (Annarbor.com, August 8, 2011)
• Commentary: University is committed to maintaining excellence while controlling costs (Holland Sentinel, July 13, 2011)
• Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off (New York Times, June 26, 2011)
• Snyder Signs State Budget, Touts It as National Standard for Fiscal Soundness and Efficiency (Detroit Free Press, June 22, 2011)
• It Pays to Save: U of Michigan Cashes in with Energy Efficiency (Ecocentricblog.org, June 20, 2011)
• Many Michigan universities raise tuition for 2011-12 school year (Michigan Radio, June 17, 2011)
• U-M to raise tuition 6.7% (Detroit News, June 17, 2011)
• UM Raises Tuition 6.7%, Budget Grows 2.2% (Ann Arbor Chronicle, June 16, 2011)
• Employees Pay for 21.5 Percent of Health Care at U of M (Michigan Capital Confidential, June 13, 2011)
• OTHER VOICES: Keep higher ed a top priority (Crain's Detroit Business, June 12, 2011)
• Dedicated Conservation Engineer Saves U-M $3.6M in Energy Costs (Concentrate, May 25, 2011)
• U-M's Planet Blue team wins Sustainable Energy Program of the Year award (Concentrate, May 18, 2011)
• Glenn Mroz: Glenn Mroz Higher Ed Funding Hitting Bottom (Dome Magazine, May 13, 2011)
• Blue Goes Green (Concentrate, May 4, 2011)
• Universities save millions by carving out drug plans from health insurance (Crain's Detroit Business, May 2, 2011)
• University of Michigan cuts irrigation water use by 68 percent (Associated Press, Apr. 25, 2011)
• The power of place: How Michigan's assets fit into the next economy (Model D, Apr. 19,2011)
• UM Slashes Water Used For Irrigation With New System (CBS Detroit, Apr. 18, 2011)
• University of Michigan places 'balanced' bets on sustainability (Smartplanet.com, Apr. 7, 2011)
• U-M Prescription Drug Plan outpaces the nation; saves $57 million (News Services, Mar. 30, 2011)
• Report: University of Michigan cut employee prescription-drug costs by $57 million over eight years (Crain's Detroit Business, Mar. 30, 2011)
• Tim Slottow: The man on top of the bottom line (Michigan Daily, Mar. 10, 2011)
• Ann Arbor area poised to add 8,000 jobs over next 3 years, University of Michigan economists report (Annarbor.com, Mar. 10, 2011)
• University of Michigan won't tap endowment to recoup state aid cuts (Detroit Free Press, Mar. 2, 2011)
• Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Wants to Cut University Funding (My Fox Detroit, Mar. 2, 2011)
• Universities Unhappy with Cuts (WILX Channel 10, Mar. 2, 2011)
• Pension plan scrutinized by Michigan lawmakers (Chicago Tribune, Mar. 2, 2011)
• Coleman testifies before House, Senate subcommittees (Michigan Daily, Mar. 2, 2011)
• Michigan Prepared For University Cuts (CBS Detroit, Mar. 1, 2011)
• Rep. Genetski: Closing one or two state colleges ‘a very real possibility' (Crain's Detroit, Feb. 28, 2011)
• U of M won't ask legislature to soften Governor's higher ed cuts (Michigan Radio, Feb. 28, 2011)
• Governor's budget cuts 'significant,' expected (University Record, Feb. 18, 2011)
• State funding cut for universities could lead to tuition increases for students at U-M, EMU (Annarbor.com, Feb. 18, 2011)
• Snyder cuts higher education funding by 15 percent (Michigan Daily, Feb. 17, 2011)
• Budget cuts $40 million from University of Michigan allocation; others hit, too (Crain's Detroit, Feb. 17, 2011)
• 'U' officials prepare for possible cuts to higher ed (Michigan Daily, Feb. 15, 2011)
• Snyder reveals his ‘Citizen’s Guide to Michigan’s Financial Health’: Simple — and simply grim        (Crain's Detroit, Jan. 31, 2011)
• Snyder To Release Proposed Budget Feb. 17 (Click on Detroit, Jan. 31, 2011)
• Peering at Snyder's Dashboard (The Center for Michigan, Jan. 27, 2011)
• The state of Michigan: Send in the Nerd
  A novice takes charge of America's most troubled state (The Economist, Jan. 27, 2011)
• Hanlon talks funding concerns, need to hire more instructors (Michigan Daily, Jan. 24, 2011)
• State Spending on Higher Education Edges Down, as Deficits Loom (Chronicle, Jan. 24, 2011)
• Snyder announces URC partnership with P&G (Michigan Daily, Jan. 20, 2011)
• Michigan Budget Director Sees Tough Climb Ahead (Crain's Detroit Business, Jan. 18, 2011)
• State of the State: Painful Budget cuts coming (Detroit Free Press, Jan. 17, 2011)
• Gov. Rick Snyder Warns University Presidents of Short-term Sacrifice (PCUM, Jan. 14, 2011)
• Ann Arbor campus’ $316 million state appropriation is less than last year (Oct. 18, 2010)
• U-M earns 6.2% annual investment return for decade (University Record, Oct. 18, 2010)

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