Higher Ed 101

In OPtimizing EDucation, by Mia Murphy May 20, 2022

At a recent debate among Republican candidates seeking to serve as Michigan’s next Governor, a number of them expressed their belief that the state’s public universities are swimming in dollars, particularly thanks to their endowments. Now and then we hear news stories about…

In OPtimizing EDucation, by Mia Murphy May 18, 2021

The last time I wrote about public university missions, it was to give the reader a sense of university history and founding purposes. As I pointed out in that last post, what universities do now is even today often conditional on what they were originally established to do.…

In OPtimizing EDucation, by Mia Murphy February 2, 2021

State universities in Michigan are not cookie cutter copies of each other. Each institution has a different history, a different geographic location, different local and state stakeholders, and above all else, different students and missions to serve those students. Because of…

In OPtimizing EDucation, by Mia Murphy January 14, 2021

Congratulations to the newly-elected members of the 101st Michigan Legislature! Choosing to run for office and serve the public is a major commitment, and associations like the Michigan Association of State Universities (MASU) exist in part to provide information to these public…