Approved during a rare Sunday meeting, a new ethics policy is drawing criticism from those who say it violates free speech. But proponents say it’s necessary to outline expectations of trustees.
Michigan colleges and universities
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan steps up work to persuade young men to go to college, get skills training
Michigan is among the top states where young men’s college enrollment has plummeted.
Posted inTalent & Education
Money woes close a small Michigan college. It’s not alone
Siena Heights University in Adrian is closing for good after graduating its final class. It’s among a wave of closures for small, private, faith-based colleges regionally and in Michigan.
Posted inEvents, The Center for Michigan
Bridge Culture Club returns Monday to discuss ‘Waterline’ novel set in Michigan
Aram Mrjoian joins Bridge Culture Club on May 18 to discuss his novel about an Armenian-American family navigating grief, identity and connection across generations.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Stewardship over spotlight: Rethinking leadership in a time of turnover
Universities, and many businesses, are not built in a single administration. They are shaped across a continuum of leadership, each generation inheriting both the strengths and unfinished work of those who came before, while responding to a rapidly changing world.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | A tale of two commencements
Should a U-M professor face professional retribution for lauding pro-Palestinian student activists? No. But with all the words and phrases available to you, why choose ones you knew would be divisive and hurtful to a portion of your own flock?
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U-M faculty slam president’s apology for faculty leader’s commencement speech
Faculty call for withdrawal of U-M President Grasso’s apology for a commencement speech by the chair of the Faculty Senate. Professor Derek Peterson’s speech lauded pro-Palestinian students while celebrating student activism.
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Michigan community colleges boost virtual, in-person mental health services
Virtual mental health services are among the resources that are being offered to community college students in an effort with the business and philanthropic community to increase student success.
Posted inQuality of Life
Groups push ‘dignity in death’ for Michigan’s unclaimed dead
As funeral costs rise, more dead people are going unclaimed in parts of Michigan. In Detroit, students at Wayne State are stepping up to honor them when no one else does.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan House slashes U-M, MSU funding in $76B budget
Michigan House Republicans worked late into the night to approve a $76 billion spending plan that includes steep cuts for the state’s biggest research universities.