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Justin Harris

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MSU

Budget cuts will take toll on MSU

When Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed a $9.1 million cut to MSU’s funding in February, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said there would be cutbacks. To compensate for the lack of state funding, she said it would take an almost 9 percent tuition increase or more than 700 faculty and staff layoffs.

NEWS

Sorting through energy-saving options

Although it represents only about 6 percent of MSU’s $1.1 billion budget, energy and utility consumption is one area university officials are targeting to cut costs for next year in the face of decreased state support, possible layoffs and an increase in tuition.

NEWS

Hovering through headwinds

Despite racking up 18,500 flights-worth of miles last year alone, MSU doesn’t track frequent flier miles on flights for university business. MSU officials said they continue to evaluate this policy as the university weighs a possible tuition increase, program cuts and layoffs to address shortfalls in a budget plagued by rising costs and decreased state funding.

MSU

Eye on Dubai

Halfway around the world in a country roughly the size of Michigan, the school year is wrapping up for about 50 MSU students. They are the inaugural class at MSU Dubai, the university’s newest campus, located in the Middle East. MSU has joined several leading American universities in moving to the Middle East, a migration that some have called an “educational gold rush” to one of the world’s largest emerging markets.

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