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U of M Among U.S. Colleges Spending The Most On Lobbying In DC
SPENDING ON LOBBYING was down across the board in 2012, but the education industry led the way in tightening the purse strings. According to OpenSecrets.org, “In 2011, the industry, which includes both for-profit and nonprofit colleges and…
University of Michigan Patent Revenue Down 40 Percent Between 2008 and 2011
ACCORDING TO 2011 data supplied by University of Michigan officials to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) and published by AUTM in its 2012 survey, U of M spent $1.23 billion dollars on research and earned $15.6…
EDITORIAL: Ann Arbor, AAPS and The University of Michigan—All For One and One For All
WARD 4 COUNCIL member Margie Teall and Ward 3 Council member Christopher Taylor recently co-sponsored a resolution objecting to an immense electronic sign the University of Michigan has placed on its own property adjacent to Stadium…
U of M Professors Average $148,700 Per Year According To AAUP 2013 Salary Survey
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Professors has released its 2013 Salary Survey. The comprehensive look at what colleges and universities across the U.S. pay their faculty includes breakdowns of state-by-state data.
In Michigan,…
University of Michigan Black Enrollment Plummets From 6.4 Percent to 3.9 Percent
A DECADE AGO, the University of Michigan waged a successful U.S. Supreme Court fight to save affirmative action. Now Michigan is learning to live without it.
Three years after the court allowed race-based admissions, Michigan voters…
Four Years Later Ethics Problems Still Haunt EMU Governmental Relations Director
The only former Ann Arbor City Council member having a worse time of it politically than Downtown Development Authority Board member Joan Lowenstein (former Ward 2 Council member) is former Ward 3 Council member Leigh Greden. Lowenstein,…
U of M Lecturers Participate In FLASH MOB To Call Attention To Contract Negotiations
The University of Michigan's Lecturer's union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), entered talks for the group's fourth contract with on November 30, 2012. LEO, as the union is known, represents some 1,500 full-time…
A New Copyright Lawsuit May Result in the Prosecution of Educators & Students Who Share Digital Materials
by Ernesto Van Dersar
John Wiley & Sons, one of the world’s largest textbook publishers, is continuing its efforts to crack down on BitTorrent piracy. The company has now named several people who allegedly shared Wiley titles online,…
Michigan House Republicans Pass Bill That Strips Grad. Students of Right to Unionize
Governor Rick Snyder has repeatedly claimed he has no interest in starting a Right-To-Work war in Michigan. Whether he has been telling the truth may become very clear, very soon.
The Michigan House quickly approved SB 0971, legislation…
Higher Ed Experts Call President Obama’s ‘College Affordability’ Speech at U of M “political theater of the worst sort”
by P.D. Lesko
President Obama came to Ann Arbor to tell the country that federal aid to colleges should be tied to tuition costs. Federal aid to students would remain untouched, and a cranky Congress would have to pass the President's…