According to a Grand Rapids Press editorial, the reality in Michigan higher education is that three universities are more important and more costly to run than the other 12, therefore, Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University should be treated separately in the legislature's budget writing. The three schools have asked for that change, which would return them to the separate status that they held in 2003. The editorial further points out that the three institutions are the largest of the 15 universities, and are the only ones that have medical schools, which are expensive. They also make up the state's biggest investment in science and engineering education.