Wayne State University

In his Detroit News column a couple weeks ago, Paul Kersey, director of labor policy at the conservative Mackinac Center for Public Policy based in Midland, basically argued that if AFSCME Council 25 doesn’t voluntarily agree to deep pay cuts and other concessions for its members, then bankruptcy is the only option left for Detroit.

DETROIT — The Motor City has been most famous for its past industrial endeavors. That’s why it’s still a bit surprising to some that within the city limits, there are more than 700 urban farms that yield more than 120 tons of produce each year. When harvest season comes around, the social aspect of urban farming shines through, with farmers coming together to celebrate the season at parties brimming with locally grown food and drink.

A letter from Business Leaders for Michigan which encouraged state lawmakers to support the budget framework agreement between Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Township) and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester), has some Michigan university president’s running for political cover.

BAY CITY — The case of Michael S. Holder, complete with a cast that includes an admittedly racially-biased jury, a scorned lover and a life-threatening virus surrounded more by fear than fact is only one example of several prosecutions brought under a 1988 law that experts warn is vague and can lead to vindictive prosecutions.

The Lansing State Journal reports that two of the three major research universities in the state, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, are planning to expand their stem cell research programs in the wake of the passage of Proposal 2 earlier this month. Michigan State University is proceeding more slowly, forming an advisory [...]

There was a day, not long ago, when Obama was the underdog of his own party. Now he’s unseated the Clinton throne and dried up the deep pockets of the GOP campaign machine. What happened?

Anti-abortion group alleges viewpoint discrimination
A group called Students for Life has filed suit in federal court for the eastern district of Michigan against Wayne State University (WSU), alleging viewpoint discrimination over a denial of funding for a week-long event they proposed to hold on campus.
Students for Life, a recognized student group at Wayne State, followed [...]

LANSING — Competing in a global economy means keeping costs as low as possible and continuing to look for ways to cut costs. Wayne State University and the state of Michigan hope to help the state’s Tier II and III auto suppliers compete by improving their information technology.

Wayne State’s School of Business Administration has been [...]

Homeland security, a concept born after the September 11th attacks, has developed into a $54 billion global market of goods and services. Several Michigan colleges and universities offer degree programs to meet emerging homeland-security needs and prepare students for employment opportunities in this brave new economy. But not all in academe are buying this idea.

Proponents [...]

Wayne State University Professor Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson blames the inexperience of Michigan’s 148 legislators, caused by term limits, for the state government shutdown and failure of the Michigan Legislature to pass a balanced budget on time this fall.

“This is a perfect example of the lack of experience,” said Sarbaugh-Thompson, author of the book “The Political and [...]