June 8, 2007

Public Colleges Sink or Swim in the Great Lakes State

By LAUREN SMITH

Michigan's governor and lawmakers plan to withhold money from the very institutions they hope will kick-start its economy

For more than half a century, the lucrative Detroit automobile industry drove Michigan's economy, providing the state with plenty of tax revenue to generously support its public colleges and universities. In recent years, however, the woes of the Big Three auto companies have caused state spending to plummet, resulting in cuts or minimal increases in the

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