As students head to sites like Rate My Professor and complete semesterly surveys to evaluate their professors, some faculty say public-facing evaluations can create the wrong incentives for instructors.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib held up notes taken during the panel discussion at the behest of an audience member, where she wrote that she would consult with fellow congresswoman Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., as well as Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., to begin discussions over restoring a U.S. envoy to Sudan.
MSU’s board is again divided, after a State News report revealed that a faction of its members have “serious concerns” with the institution’s top lawyer.
Brian Quinn’s detractors and defenders are on opposite sides of a difficult question: did he guide the university through tough times, or did his advice help create them?
Students called on MSU to improve its sustainability efforts, a representative from the union representing tenure-track faculty chided the board and the university approved plans for a “Student Success Center” at the Friday Board of Trustees meeting.
With more than a year passed since President Donald Trump has signed a slew of executive orders restricting Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at universities like MSU, reverberations from those orders are still producing friction today. At Friday's Board of Trustees meeting, the discord those orders — and MSU’s subsequent responses — have kindled among the university community was evident.
During April's Board of Trustees meeting, the university's process of choosing a firm for a university-wide assessment of how it handles relationship violence and sexual misconduct was questioned.
A vote to subject Spartan Media Ventures to public records laws and allow trustees to view governing documents without signing non-disclosure agreements was discussed among trustees, one said Friday, but was never added to the meeting agenda.
Michigan State University is currently looking to address issues with course scheduling and seat availability in classes.
A 5% increase in housing and dining rates for the 2026-27 academic year was unanimously approved by the Michigan State University Board of Trustees at its Friday meeting. The hike in housing and dining rates for the basic residence hall double housing and silver meal plan lands on $13,574 for the upcoming academic year.
Michigan State University's Board of Trustees voted on April 10 the merge the College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will be speaking at Michigan State University’s undergraduate convocation on May 1. The announcement was made by MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz as part of his report during the MSU Board of Trustees meeting.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees is looking to expand public participation in its second annual invite-only “Stakeholder Engagement Forum” in the Fall of this year. The board called upon students, staff and faculty in a campus-wide email sent Wednesday to suggest potential talking points and nominate participants via a survey.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees will vote April 10 on merging its two medical colleges.
Michigan State University has hired Guidepost Solutions to conduct a university-wide review of how it handles relationship violence and sexual misconduct.
Last week, authorities filed multiple mandatory report cases, reported two fires and cited one incident of hazing.
ASMSU has historically had a low engagement rate from students for their elections and their organization's functions as a whole. Feedback from ASMSU members and students reveals some contributing factors to this disconnect.
Beginning May 4, the cost of off-campus dining hall plans will increase to $10 per meal, while the cost of entering dining halls will also increase. The university says rising inflation and shipping costs are to blame for the increase.
MSU students approved a slight tax increase in the 2026 ASMSU spring elections, and voted to add three seats to the undergraduate student body.
As Hasan Piker stepped in front of a packed crowd at Michigan State University Tuesday afternoon, it marked the conclusion of a media whirlwind focused on the wedge his involvement in the Michigan senate race was driving between Democrats. All that buzz, Piker noted, seemed to be focusing on the wrong things.