In Michigan, a dramatic cost-cutting proposal: turn the University of Michigan into a private university.
No, this isn't from The Onion.
Michigan legislators staring down a budget deficit topping $1 billion are putting everything on the table, including a proposal to revoke every last dollar of the University of Michigan's $326 million state budget appropriation, thus effectively revoking its status as a publicly-funded institution.
As you might expect, this idea — number 4 on a list of budget cut proposals related to higher education in Michigan — has not been met with kind words. Plus, it would require a constitutional amendment.
More on the story here.
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Michigan making its own problems
Sun, 12/21/2008 - 16:01 — williamlThey need to realize that higher education is the way out of economic trouble. They need to do everything that can to keep the schools funded, and they need to realize the days of working for an automaker and being set for life are over.