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March 14, 2012U-M President: Gov. Snyder's funding proposal for higher education gives people warped view of university
http://www.freep.com/article/20120314/NEWS06/120314020/U-M-President-Snyder-s-funding-proposalhigher-education?odyssey=nav%7Chead
This story discusses Gov. Rick Snyder’s performance funding proposal for the state’s higher education institutions, a plan that places Wayne State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Michigan at the bottom of the appropriations allocations. That’s because Snyder’s funding formula distributes money – about a 3 percent increase over last year’s higher education state aid – based on how well Michigan’s universities have been increasing the number of graduates and other related measures. During yesterday’s testimonies before the state House’s Appropriation Higher Education Subcommittee, four university presidents spoke before the subcommittee in an annual exercise. The rest of Michigan’s public university presidents will testify in coming weeks. The presidents criticized Snyder’s plan because under his plan the universities would be competing for the same pot of money. Grand Valley State University would be the clear winner, with an increase in state aid of nearly 7 percent while Wayne State would receive only a 0.91 percent increase under the plan. They also said the plan would not help keep tuition increases down because it was one-time bonus money and not an increase in the base amount of aid they get each year. In addition to measuring the university’s performance, Snyder’s budget would also reward universities that kept tuition increases under 4% for next school year.
This story discusses Gov. Rick Snyder’s performance funding proposal for the state’s higher education institutions, a plan that places Wayne State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Michigan at the bottom of the appropriations allocations. That’s because Snyder’s funding formula distributes money – about a 3 percent increase over last year’s higher education state aid – based on how well Michigan’s universities have been increasing the number of graduates and other related measures. During yesterday’s testimonies before the state House’s Appropriation Higher Education Subcommittee, four university presidents spoke before the subcommittee in an annual exercise. The rest of Michigan’s public university presidents will testify in coming weeks. The presidents criticized Snyder’s plan because under his plan the universities would be competing for the same pot of money. Grand Valley State University would be the clear winner, with an increase in state aid of nearly 7 percent while Wayne State would receive only a 0.91 percent increase under the plan. They also said the plan would not help keep tuition increases down because it was one-time bonus money and not an increase in the base amount of aid they get each year. In addition to measuring the university’s performance, Snyder’s budget would also reward universities that kept tuition increases under 4% for next school year.
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