By John Bebow - March 7, 2008
In November, this newsletter heaped praise on Grand Valley State University (Michigan's fastest-growing U.), for looking in the mirror and telling the world what it saw. GVSU published a frank, consumer-oriented Accountability Report measuring the campus on everything from crime to staffing effieciency the success rate of recent grads who take professional certification tests.
We suggested that this kind of report card should be mandated, by law, for all 15 Michigan universities.
So, what did GVSU get for its transparency? A turned back in Lansing.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposed budget includes funding for numerous university construction projects around the state but does not include funds to help replace GVSU's 40-year-old library built to serve only a quarter of the students the campus serves today, writes Booth political reporter Peter Luke.
So much for the rewards of accountability.
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