U-M has steadily increased the salary for the president of its flagship school, but new chancellors coming in to lead regional campuses make less than predecessors, records show.
Michigan colleges and universities
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U-M Regent Jordan Acker apologizes after probe confirms lewd comment allegations
Acker publicly said he was sorry for the distraction and hurt he caused and wanted to be accountable.
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Opinion | Next Michigan governor has once-in-a-generation opportunity. Will they take it?
The talent gap is costing Michigan families and the state’s economy — but the tools to close it already exist.
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Opinion | Michigan builds the talent for other states to keep
Michigan has spent billions building public universities without building the system that connects early talent to career paths that keep them here. We are training our young people for other states. That is a choice we can stop making.
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Michigan universities can’t study dispensary pot on campus. MSU went mobile
Federal cannabis restrictions make the drug extremely difficult for researchers to study. That means many of its health effects — positive and negative — have gone uncharted.
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Michigan island needs reliable power. Can Great Lakes waves provide it?
University of Michigan researchers are this week testing a prototype that turns wave energy into electricity for the remote Beaver Island.
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Want to earn a bachelor’s degree? This Michigan college has an app for that
A small private college in west Michigan is offering a chance to earn a degree entirely via cell phone, calling it ‘the future of education.’
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Should Michigan governor appoint university boards? It could backfire, some say
Another debate has heated up over changing the election of board members to U-M, MSU and Wayne State to governor-appointed. But experts say that is not what matters most.
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Feds: 8 Pro-Palestinian activists conspired to intimidate U-M officials
Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against eight pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel.
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Michigan hopes to turn apprenticeships into degrees with new program
The number of community colleges and tribal schools that are offering college credit for job-related apprenticeships is growing.