Universities brace for another grim budget year - Paula M. Davis, Kalamazoo Gazette

There are some likely realities Michigan’s public university students face next school year: a rise in their tuition bills and no additional state funding — or possibly even cuts to their schools. Universities are “going to be lucky to get what their getting now,” state Sen. Tom George, R-Texas Township, said in an interview with the Gazette about the prospect for state dollars for universities in what is shaping up to be another bleak budget year for Michigan.