A Detroit News editorial calls for the adoption of a state initiative that would provide $45 million to fund the Michigan Nursing Corps to train 500 nursing instructors - and graduate 3,000 nurses in three years. Under the plan, the state would subsidize college tuition for existing nurses to become instructors in just 12 months. The state\'s colleges and universities have been slow in training nurses, according to the editorial, primarily because nursing programs are costly to run and tuition barely covers school costs. Last year, Michigan community colleges estimate they lost $1 million on such programs. Nursing schools\' faculty-to-student ratios go as high as 10-1 in critical care programs, for example, because instructors need to personally show students how to physically perform challenging tasks that can mean a patient\'s life or death. "We understand the challenge of finding money in this budget. But this program has the potential of taking Michigan where it needs to go, so cuts should be made elsewhere to provide funding."