Budget News
Selected New Stories for Budget Year 2008-2009
Affirmative action for the masses (Detroit Free Press; April 16, 2008)
Change spending priorities from prisons to universities (Detroit News; March 5, 2008)
Building blitz to boost colleges (Detroit News; March 3, 2008)
Tuition shortfall may be costly (Lansing State Journal; February 28, 2008)
Higher education funding (Detroit Free Press; February 24, 2008)
Higher ed is not a state priority (Ann Arbor News; February 22, 2008)
Selected News Stories for Budget Year 2007-2008
State higher ed funding lags, while others invest: Neighboring states are allocating more money for colleges (Lansing State Journal; September 24, 2007)
Shutdown would have broad impact (Detroit News; September 21, 2007)
Crunch time: State budget solution must come now (The Flint Journal First Edition; September 6, 2007)
Pam Byrnes: State has to invest in higher education (Lansing State Journal; September 6,2007)
Michigan’s Economic Transition: Toward a Knowledge Economy (Center for Local, State and Urban Policy; Summer 2007)
Better Education Means a Better Michigan (August 16, 2007)
Brief Income Tax Increase Would Solve Budget Crisis: State Could Close Deficit, Invest in People and Attract Jobs (Detroit News Online; July 19, 2007)
Budget Holdup: Full-time Status Slows Lawmakers' Performance (The Flint Journal First Edition; July 19, 2007)
Michigan Must Revamp Higher Education Policy (Detroit News Online; July 16, 2007)
Soaring Tuitions: Lansing Politics at Fault for MSU, Oakland Hikes (The Flint Journal First Edition; July 12, 2007)
Big Tuition Hikes? Maybe You Won't Have to Break the Bank (Detroit Free Press; July 11, 2007)
Selected News Stories for Budget Year 2006-2007
End the Squeeze on Higher Ed (The Detroit Free Press; June 29, 2007)
Spare State's Students From Oppressive Tuition (The Detroit News; June 27, 2007)
Public Colleges Sink or Swim in the Great Lakes State (Chronicle of Higher Education; June 8, 2007)
Little Joy Over Budget Deal (Detroit Free Press; May 29, 2007)
Officials Say State Budget Deal Could Raise College Costs (Lansing State Journal; May 27, 2007)
