Nearly one-hundred faculty, staff and managerial positions have been terminated as part of Michigan State's ongoing efforts to reduce its operating budget by 9% over two years. Another 83 positions have been slashed as a result of federal funding cuts, the university president wrote.
Title IX investigators talk regularly with university lawyers, sometimes even sending drafts of reports and seeking edits to them.
Michigan State University faculty voted Tuesday to oppose the federal government's offer for schools to adopt conservative policies in exchange for preferential treatment. No school has publicly accepted the offer, and MSU says it's "monitoring developments on the issue."
As petitioners swarm Michigan State University ahead of the 2026 midterms, some students say one group of petitioners is misleading students about the true purpose of their initiative. State legislators are trying to put an end to that often-reported phenomenon, though they face opposition from Republicans.
In an interview Thursday, Guskiewicz said he's never filed a disciplinary complaint against a student, and only learned of the one against Folts from a news article.
The event was organized by Students for Justice in Palestine and the Hurriya Coalition, a group of student organizations formed after Oct. 7, 2023, calling for MSU to divest over $230,000 from the state of Israel.
Students repainted The Rock in blue and white with the slogan “Bring them home now!” and a recreation of the Israeli flag. Organizers handed out LED candles, yellow ribbon pins and Israeli flags ahead of a community prayer for the Israeli Defense Forces and for the safe return of the hostages in Gaza.
Michigan State University released a public-facing dashboard containing insights on how quickly the university process reports of sexual harassment, what type of conduct is reported most frequently and the status of open cases. University officials say the increasing public oversight reflects MSU's commitment to speeding up processing timelines.
MSU says it's heard nothing from the Department of Education regarding the federal government's 22 open investigations into the university, raising questions about what will ultimately come from the probes.
MSU's interim dean of the College of Human Medicine is taking on an "unprecedented" and "monumental" task, he said, as the university weighs a merger of its medical programs.
University of Toronto professor Lambert Zuidervaart held his “Best Defense ...: Rescuing Scientific Truth from Authoritarian Attacks and Academic Neglect" lecture in a South Kedzie Hall classroom on Friday. The lecture draws from the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle core tenets of the higher education model by cutting federal funding for university-based research programs and entering into lawsuits against Harvard University and Columbia University.
The lawsuit is the latest in a series of allegations against the fraternity
Though MSU has contended its sweeping budget cuts will be executed carefully, so as to "protect" the student experience, undergraduates have noticed changes in the classroom upon their return to campus this fall.
Various hit-and-run motor vehicle accidents, multiple sexual assault cases and seventeen cases of larceny were reported last week and disclosed by MSU under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act.
In a new federal court filing, Brenda Tracy said the law firm representing MSU has an unavoidable conflict of interest in the case.
International student enrollments at Michigan State continued to slightly decline, but the university was largely spared from the sharp decline in enrollment some advocates had projected.
Databases of controversial university professors worry some Michigan State faculty and provide legitimacy for the Trump administration's assault on higher education.
MSU's Faculty Senate said it supports embattled Federal Reserve Governor and MSU professor Lisa Cook's right to due process, though one faculty member expressed concerns that doing so could draw President Trump's ire.
