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URBAN EXILE: College Kids—The Hungriest of All Americans
By Christina Bravo
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE terrible eaters. Those four years aren’t known as the time for juice cleanse experiments, after all. But perhaps we can’t blame their recent struggle with malnutrition on one too many bowls of mac…
EMU Cuts Almost All FT Non-Tenured Faculty Members in its College of Education
by Matthew Thomas
EASTERN MICHIGAN University issued layoff notices to ten of its eleven full-time non-tenured faculty in the College of Education. Some have been with the university for decades. The layoffs are effective for the fall…
UMHS CEO Dr. Ora Pescovitz To Step Down After Five Years
In January, The Indy revealed that UMHS had signed a 5-Year $45M deal with Life Technologies (LIFE), that Dr. Pescovitz held stock in LIFE and served on LIFE’s Board.
ON MARCH 17 Dr. Ora Pescovitz sent an email to her system’s faculty…
Former AnnArbor.com Reporter Says Editors Killed His Brendan Gibbons Story in 2009
IN ANN ARBOR IT is said that some bleed maize and blue. Between its 2009 launch and its 2013 end, journalistic “experiment” AnnArbor.com bled talent. Reporters frustrated by low pay and, several say, difficulty getting hard-hitting stories…
5 Big Education Stories to Watch in 2014
by Owen Davis
FOR PEOPLE LOOKING to “disrupt” public education, it’s become requisite to bemoan the “educational status quo” — a phrase meant to evoke images of poor kids striving against the impediments of failing schools and…
Of State’s College Students Who Took Tough New Teacher Certification Tests, U of M Students Did Best and Worst
At one U of M campus 63 percent of students seeking teaching certification passed the examinations. At another U of M campus, only 8 percent of students tested passed.
by Ron French
Bridge Magazine—Teacher prep programs at Michigan…
Are College and University Athletic Departments Exploiting Unpaid Interns, Too? U of M and EMU Athletic Departments Rely Heavily On Unpaid Interns
Over the past year, unpaid internships in business have drawn more scrutiny. But some schools — notably, their athletic departments — have sought out unpaid interns, too.
FOR STUDENTS interested in a career in sports management,…
Since 2005 U of M Financial Aid Spending Up 1.8 Percent While Tuition & Fees Revenue Up 50 Percent
STATE APPROPRIATIONS TO the University of Michigan dropped from $320,662,000 in 2005 to a projected $279,108,700 in 2014, a loss of a total of 12.9 percent over the past descade—some $41.5 million dollars. Drops in state appropriations to…
UPDATED: UMHS Signs Five-Year $45M Deal With Life Technologies—UMHS CEO Serves On Company’s Board Of Directors
Dr. Pescovitz owns shares in the company worth $385,000 and accumulated additional shares days before the October 2013 Board of Regents meeting at which the contract between UMHS and Life Technologies was granted approval.
IN THE…
Keeping Tabs: Locals To Watch In 2014—The University Of Michigan’s 14th President
Dr. Mary Sue Coleman was appointed as the 13th president of The University of Michigan in 2002. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, university presidents, on average, stay in their jobs 8.5 years. Coleman, then, in keeping her…