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Michigan State University’s new ethics policy: Gag order or commonsense loyalty guide for trustees?

Michigan State University trustees have until this weekend to sign an updated board ethics policy with new additions that some say reinforce obligations but others portray as an effort to silence dissenters.

 

University of Michigan shifts funding from DEI into its free tuition program, Go Blue Guarantee

The University of Michigan more than doubled the financial aid it awarded this year to students through its tuition-free Go Blue Guarantee — one year after the university shut down its multimillion-dollar DEI initiative, officials say.

 

U-M ends ties with program that helped diversify PhDs, after federal threat

The University of Michigan was the site of a program in the 1990s that became a model for the PhD Project, a national effort to increase the number of minority business faculty members at universities across the country.

 

2 projects at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow to expand psych health services, surgery beds

University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Hospital plans to build a behavioral health hospital on its campus in Lansing that will, for the first time, offer child and adolescent care.

 

Five universities collaborate to address Michigan teacher shortage

Five public universities in Michigan are teaming up to tackle the state’s teacher shortage.

The universities will participate in a new two-year statewide initiative to improve teacher preparation, recruitment, retention and quality in a collaboration with the nonprofit Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative.

 

MSU to offer AI studies across all majors amid push for digital-ready workforce

Michigan State University is making a major push to build students’ digital skills, especially in artificial intelligence.

 

New University of Michigan President Kent Syverud inherits a host of challenges

Kent Syverud, the man chosen Monday as the next leader of the University of Michigan, knows the job won’t be easy.

 

Michigan teachers weaving lessons on Jan. 6 uprising into history classes

Ask any history teacher in Michigan how their lessons could be better and they will tell you that they need to incorporate more current events into the curriculum, East Kentwood High School history teacher Matt Vreisman insists.

 

Michigan fails its students with disabilities, first-ever report finds

When Michigan officials this year lauded a record-high 82.8% high school graduation rate in 2024, special education advocates pointed out a vastly different outcome: only 61% of students with disabilities graduated.

 

Michigan State University partially reverses its policy on co-ed community bathrooms in honors dorm

Michigan State University’s first foray into co-ed community bathrooms ended with a partial reversal last week when officials put up signs in Campbell Hall to designate some of the facilities by gender.

 

Michigan must overhaul ‘inequitable’ way it funds special education, a report finds

Marisa Brizzolara and Arlyssa Heard are both raising sons with disabilities, but their experience getting Michigan public schools to provide legally mandated services couldn’t be more different.

 

Parents concerned that Michigan State dorm remodel includes bathrooms not separated by gender

A nearly century-old dorm for honor students at Michigan State University reopened this fall with a $37.1 million facelift that included several amenities — including one that raised some eyebrows.