What if 1 board ran Michigan's universities?
Source: freep.com Posted By: Bailey C...4744 days ago
If some Republican lawmakers succeed, Michigan's unique brand of university governance -- autonomy, little state control -- may inch toward a new statewide university system.
But it's a tough road ahead with legislation to create a commission to study the idea still in committee. Also, the process for changing the state constitution, which sets out some existing rules, is long and difficult.
Even so, the legislation, against the backdrop of tensions over this year's 15% cut to state aid, has....