September 13, 2005

GVSU again lags in deal setting per-student cash

Wayne State University would receive 0.2 percent more funding under a $1.73 billion higher education funding deal struck by Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The agreement would award Grand Valley State University a 7.5 percent increase in per-student funding -- the largest percent increase awarded to any state university - and Saginaw Valley State and Oakland universities 7.1- and 7.2-percent funding boosts, respectively. The University of Michigan and Michigan State University would see their state funding increase by 0.4 percent.

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