Michigan Member Commentary in Free Press

Michigan State Board member Cassandra Ulbrich gets her concerns about the state's funding of higher education published in the Detroit Free Press.
Writes Ulbrich: "With decreasing confidence in the state appropriation process, universities are forced to pass their costs on to students through higher tuition rates. This year, double-digit tuition increases will combine with similar increases from last year to create the most expensive four years of a young person's life...If Michigan is going to be successful in turning its economy around, lawmakers cannot continue to cut funding to the very institutions that will drive its transformation."