By John Bebow - August 29, 2008
As students and parents head back to campus and brace for the ever-increasing tuition bills, it's worth a glimpse at how Michigan's 15 public universities are doing on key measures of success.
How much has tuition risen this year? How 'bout in the past five years?
Which campus has the fewest number of students per professor?
Which campus offers the most degree programs?
Which campus has the best graduation rates?
We have the answers.
Check out our quick statistical snapshot of the 15 campuses.
3 Comments
John,
Nice piece on the campus report card. WMU is an early adopter of the Voluntary System of Accountability. Check out the College Portrait link in the lower left hand of WMU's homepage http://www.wmich.edu
From David Waymire
Worth noting that over the last five years, Michigan is dead last in the nation in "increase in higher education appropriation", at - 5.1 percent, according to the Grapevine web site, part of the Illinois State University site. Top: Nevada at 73 percent increase.
State government has cut spending for higher education more than any other segment of the state's budget except for revenue sharing. Something to remember when looking at tuition increases.
A 5% increase in spending, putting us dead last, is a meaningless statistic taken out of context. Teacher salary in 2005 was the third highest in the nation, pupil expenditure 15th highest in 2006. Complaining that our increase this year is the lowest is no cause for complaint, considering we were in the top third 2 years ago in spending, and are still in the top half. This is not much of a drop.
This is from the 2008 Michigan scorecard, which I believe came from the Center's site earlier this year.
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