Wayne State University is noted in an opinion piece about the cycle of state funding cuts to public universities nationwide. According to Insidehighered.com, Michigan cut the school\'s funding forcing Wayne State to eliminate 200 staff jobs and \"close one college and combine two others to save on adminstrative costs.\" The writer adds that "what\'s happening at Wayne State is happening nationwide as state colleges are victimized by a federal government which is shortchanging education, and state governments which are slashing funding year after year."