Quote Originally Posted by Bham1982 View Post
...And think public universities should be free. I certainly don't support our current arragement, where conservative state legislatures have gutted university funding and put the burden on students and their parents.
Snyder cut funding 15% in his first year. That's not gutting.

See table in article from Detroit News where from 2011 vs. 2016 can be seen. Some schools are above their state funding, others below. None are more than a few percent below 2011.

We'd all be better served if we could leave the hyperbole out of conversations, IMO. [[I'll try to do so as well.)

I call small reductions good management. University costs are something that needed management, as they've been out of control while schools have been building moments to themselves, and obligatory sports temples.

Calling is 'gutting' is political, not factual.

The increase for 2016 for the UofM is 1.9%.