October 29, 1999

Michigan Universities Oversee Many Charter Schools

By JULIANNE BASINGER

Michigan's public universities are involved in the most charter schools, by far, among colleges nationwide. Eight of the state's 13 universities now oversee nearly 90 per cent of the state's 173 charter schools, under a 1993 state law giving them that authority. And their role has drawn controversy.

Republican Gov. John Engler has led the campaign to create charter schools. Only

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