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More higher ed spending doesn't grow Michigan

Opinion / Editorial In a letter to the editor, Richard Vedder, Director for the Center for College Affordability and Productivity in Washington, D.C, and Bryan O'Keefe, associate director, dispute what they refer to as the "conventional wisdom" that increased state spending for public universities will yield greater economic growth. "The evidence on higher education spending points to the opposite conclusion," they write. They contend that "state leaders would be better served by reducing Michigan's tax burden and moving more financial resources into the more efficient private sector."
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Smaller schools fear biggest universities will hog state cash

Michigan's smaller universities have questioned why Wayne State, the University of Michigan and Michigan State have asked the Legislature for a separate budget allocation for themselves as research universities. The regional universities fear that the three larger schools will receive more money at their expense. And they claim that the three largest universities are educating fewer and fewer Michigan residents. Wayne State typically enrolls less than 10% non-state residents, but remains committed to a diverse campus, said Francine Wunder, director of corporate and public affairs.

Colleges fail to curb nursing shortage

Despite a massive shortage of nurses in Michigan, faculty shortages and lack of money have Michigan\'s 53 nursing schools turning away half of their applicants. Amid high unemployment and a drive to re-educate the state\'s work force, nursing school applications in Michigan nearly doubled to 16,000 in the past three years. But roughly half are denied or put on waiting lists for up to two years, as state officials scramble to avoid a shortage of 18,000 nurses predicted by 2015. Granholm has made the shortage a priority, leveraging $30 million in federal money for fast-track programs such as those at Wayne State University and Henry Ford that train those with bachelor\'s degrees in science to be certified in a year.
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Computers become college essentials

Laptop computers are becoming requirements at more and more colleges, including Wayne State University. \"It is equally if not more critical for them to have a notebook computer than a pen and paper,\" says Mary Waker, director of the Education Technology Center at Wayne State\'s College of Education. \"Students today have to have all the resources available, and they have to be available whenever and wherever they happen to be. Notebook computers are essential tools for college students.\"
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Colleges defend lender ties

A front-page story about the New York state attorney general's investigation of lending companies that have agreements with universities across the country mentions Wayne State. In Michigan, Wayne State, Central Michigan and the University of Detroit Mercy have been asked to provide documents relating to agreements their athletic departments had with a specific loan company. Wayne State's agreement has been terminated, according to university spokesperson Francine Wunder. A sidebar lists several Michigan universities, including WSU, and companies with whom each has/had preferred lender agreements.
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Delphi center may be turned into tech research hub

Wayne State University is cooperating with the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, Automation Alley and six auto suppliers in an effort to transform a Delphi engineering center in Shelby Township into a 56,000 square foot research center for auto suppliers. The current Delphi center is slated for closure by the end of the year. Among other advantages, a new center would quicken the pace of technology development. Called the U.S. Automotive Partnership for Advancing Research and Technology, the group is seeing funds for the project, which would be eligible for federal dollars and has received commitments from participating suppliers.

U.S campus presidents reject British boycott of Israel

President Reid has joined more than 280 other college and university presidents, the U.S. Congress and scholars around the world who have endorsed Columbia University President Lee Bollinger's public statement condemning the call by Britain's University and College Union for a boycott against Israeli academic institutions. MSU President Lou Anna Simon and U-M President Mary Sue Coleman also have endorsed the Bollinger statement, which terms the boycott "intellectually shoddy and politically biased." President Reid called the proposed boycott "a fundamentally indefensible action."

DOE to provide funding for ethanol vehicle efficiency research

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it will award up to $21.5 million for several research and development projects aimed to improve the fuel efficiency of light-duty vehicle engines. Wayne State University will partner with Delphi on one such project to demonstrate a vehicle with an E85 optimized engine yielding up to 30 percent fuel efficiency improvement over current engines designed to run on either gasoline or E85.
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Lawmakers, Granholm look for ways to cut tuition

Lansing lawmakers are floating two proposals to help curb increasing tuition rates at the state's 15 public universities. State Rep. Craig DeRoche, R-Novi, is proposing a plan aimed at easing the tuition burden and access to college, called the College Family Bill of Rights. And Gov. Jennifer Granholm met with university leaders Monday in Detroit to see if they would be willing to put any increases in higher education funding into tuition relief. WSU student Allison King comments about the ongoing political battleground over higher education funding. \"Costs per credit hour, that\'s really it. People are always talking about how important higher education is. If it\'s something as simple as providing money to education to keep people in the state, there shouldn\'t be any back and forth.\"
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Wayne State Announces $2.4 Million Research Enhancement Program

Wayne State University has awarded nearly $2.4 million in investments in four programs, including seed grants for interdisciplinary research in Computational Biology as part of WSU's efforts to develop an institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award proposal for the National Institutes of Health. Other programs include: Funding for the Center for Urban and African American Health (CUUAH) (completing a three-year commitment); Seed grants for projects in the Arts, creative arts research, or research that engages the arts in carrying out the university's urban research mission (the first year of a three-year commitment); Seed grants for research in the Social Sciences and Humanities that address issues affecting women and girls (the first year of a three-year commitment).

Granholm floats plan to rein in rising tuition

Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Monday called on the presidents and board members of Michigan's 15 public universities to discuss possibly lightening the burden of recently approved tuition increases in return for a funding increase of up to 5 percent this fall. The proposal hinges on the outcome of slow-moving negotiations in Lansing over the 2008 state budget. Wayne State University Board of Governors member Paul Massaron said boards should spread \"the word that higher education really needs all of us involved, and we all need to talk to the Legislature to persuade them to act before the first of October.\" Wayne State increased tuition 12.8 percent this month and instituted a $13 per credit hour contingency fee. If the state restores funding to Wayne State, that $13 fee can be eliminated for the next semester, Massaron said.

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