Could U-M go from a public to a private university?

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 | Source: The New York Times

This story originally ran 11/4/09

These days there are fewer and fewer reasons, i.e. dollars, why a grand public university line the University of Michigan should stay as a public institution.

Excerpt:

The University of Michigan belongs to an enviable class of nationally prestigious public universities; many of its undergraduates picked it over the Ivy League.

Thirty years ago, the university began going through the convulsions other public universities are now experiencing. Today, it is largely protected from Michigan’s plummeting economy. Only 7 percent of its budget is provided by the state.

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