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In OPtimizing EDucation, by Dan Hurley January 22, 2026

As a new year, legislative session, and state budget cycle get underway, the Michigan Association of State Universities is underway with advocating for its top policy priorities for 2026. The priorities speak to the need for the state to invest in operations support for its…

In OPtimizing EDucation, by Dan Hurley January 27, 2022

1,737 years. That’s the number of years that Michigan’s 15 public universities have collectively existed. More than half of our state’s public universities were established in the nineteenth century, beginning with the University of Michigan’s founding in 1817, a full two…