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Thursday, January 25, 2007 -- 7A

TUITION
From page 1A
a public university, Hanlon
said that the school has a duty
to serve Michigan students
and keep costs low.
But Hanlon said there's
little the University can do
to prevent tuition increases.
Operating costs rise with the
cost of commodities like food,
supplies and energy. There is
also continuing investments
in new technology and teach-
ing resources.
To cover its expenses, the
University has two primary

sources of income - state
appropriations and tuition
dollars.
The makeup of the Uni-
versity's general fund has
drastically changed over the
past 40 years. In 1960, 78
percent of the University's
general fund came from state
appropriations, and about 21
percent from tuition money.
Over the next 40 years, state
funding dropped and the
University raised tuition to
compensate.
By 2005, 60 percent of Uni-
versity funding came from
tuition money and just 25 per-
cent came from the state of

Michigan. Research funding
and miscellaneous income,
like licensing fees on Univer-
sity apparel, cover the rest of
the costs.
Had state funding to the
University increased from
2002 levels at the same rate
as inflation, the University
would have received about
$413 million in funding from
the state this year instead of
the $326 million allotted. But
state appropriations dropped
and left the University with
an $87million deficitbetween
state appropriations and real
costs, Hanlon said.
Compared to other Big

Ten schools, the University
of Michigan has kept prices
in check. Statistics from the
provost's office show that
between 2002 and 2007, in-
state tuition rose 7 percent.
That's the lowest of Big Ten
schools aside from North-
western University, which is
private. At Michigan State,
tuition rose 9.3 percent during
the same period.At Ohio State
University, the Big Ten School
with the greatest increase, it
rose 11.9 percent.
The relatively small
increase in tuition is due in
part to a University cost-sav-
ing initiative that Berens said

saved the University around
$95 million over the past four
years. That includes energy
conservation projects - like
saving water - and replacing
old equipment with more effi-
cientmodels. Bykeepingoper-
ating costs low, the University
can hold down tuition.
At nearly $40,000 in total
costs for out-of-state students
and $20,000 in total costs for
those from Michigan, the Uni-
versity costs nearly as much
as private schools like Yale,
though Hanlon said that the
research and teaching here
make the University a "very
good deal."


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- one spot behind Columbia
University and one in front
of Northwestern University.
Harvard University topped
the list.
SUNY-Stony Brook came
in 19th, ahead of the Universi-
ty of Chicago and Dartmouth
College.
The index also includes a
list of the top department in
104 different academic fields.
The University only appeared
on this list once, for its applied
mathematics program.
In an interview on Monday,
University President Mary
Sue Coleman said the study
is misleading and University'

administrators have "serious
reservations about the meth-
odology."
"'Junk in, junk out' is our
view on the subject," Coleman
said.
Rackham Dean Janet Weiss
identified two major problems
with the index.
She said the first problem
stems from the fact that Aca-
demic Analytics developed
the faculty lists for each uni-
versity from its departments'
websites. Because some
departments don't update
their websites regularly, fac-
ulty lists are often inaccurate.
"When we looked at a pre-
liminary list of University fac-
ulty from Academic Analytics,
we were amazed at how many
errors of both omission and

commission were included,"
Weiss said in an e-mail inter-
view.
The other problem stems
from journal citations. Weiss
said that while these citations
can be useful for measuring
quality in some disciplines,
others that don't typically use
journals like theater or art
shouldn't be evaluated by the
program's number citations.
Weiss had a similar opinion
as Coleman's about the use-
fulness of the index.
"We won't rely on these
flawed rankings," she said.
"However, we conduct our
own evaluations of the qual-
ity of graduate programs, and
we do rely on them to help
improve the programs."
Coleman said the Uni-

versity views the National
Research Council's ranking
system as the most reliable,
but the council hasn'treleased
new rankings since 1995.
The council conducts stud-
ies on behalf of the National
Academies, a group made up
of the National Academies of
Science and Engineering, the
National Research Council
and the Institute of Medicine.
Weiss said the University
is participating in the coun-
cil's new study, expected to
be released later this year.
"We believe that these rat-
ings will be much more infor-
mative than the Academic
Analytics results," she said.
Gabe Nelson contributed
to this report.

CUTS
From page 1A
cent, or about $10 million dol-
lars, to $324 million. But even
with this small increase, the
percentage of the University's
budget that comes from the
state is at a near historic low.
State appropriations made
up about 25 percent of the Uni-
versity's general fund in 2005,
with tuition and fees account-
ing for a little over 59 percent.
A few decades ago the pic-
ture was very different.
In 1960, tuition only made
up 21 percent of the general
fund, with state appropriations
accounting for nearly 78 percent.
State appropriations and
tuition are closely related, so
many are concerned that this
year's state budget shortfall
might mean mid-year cuts to
funding.
"We've cut too much, not
only in human services but
in public safety and educa-
tion," Singh said. "Enough is
enough. We need to begin to
reinvest in our cities if we're
to get out of this economic
downturn."
The news conference was
held by a consortium of uni-
versities, health associations
and cities that calls itself the
Michigan Fiscal Responsibil-
ity Project. All three groups
have seen cuts in state funding
in recent years and face addi-
tional cuts now that the state

finds itself again in the red.
Revenues for the budget
year that began Oct. I may fall
$556 million short of what was
forecast, meaning the state
could face a deficit ofmorethan
$800 million once increased
costs for health care, prisons
and other items are figured
in. Revenues for the next fis-
cal year, which begins this fall,
are also expected to fall short
of projections.
Democratic Gov. Jennifer
Granholm plans to lay out
her plans for dealing with the
state's ongoing revenue prob-
lems in early February during
her State of the State address
and in her budget proposal
for the next fiscal year.
Glenn Mroz, president of
Michigan Technological Uni-
versity in Houghton, noted
that higher education has
seen its state funding cut by
around $250 million over the
pastfouryears, around $2,300
per student.
"Michigan universities,
we have to be better year
after year, because as we look
around, our competition is
not within Michigan, it's not
with Illinois, it's not with
New York or California. Our
competition is worldwide,
and we have to make sure that
our students are prepared for
the world."
The Associated Press
and Walter Nowinski
contributed to this report.


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ARIES
(March 21 to April 19)
You won't regret seeing a friend today,
because you feel true affection for some-
one right now. For some reason, this
friendship is very important to you
today.
TAURUS
(April 20 to May 20)
Today you feel keen to get the
approval of a boss, a parent or some
authority figure who is important to you.
We all feel this way at times.
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right now.
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sweet and cozy.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
Partnerships are quite intense now.
You're very wrapped tsp in a love affair
or a close friendship with someone.
Today you can enhance or enrich this
relationship.
VIRGO
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(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
Conversations with others are intense
and vigorous today. You feel unusually
passionate about whatever you discuss.
For some reason, the stakes are very
high right now.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
This is an excellent day to make
money, and it's an excellent day to spend
money. If possible, make your financial
transactions benefit others as well as
yourself
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
Some of you will begin an unusually
intense relationship right now. It seems
as if there is an unusual "fated" quality
to it. To know this person feels like it
was written in the stars.
PISCES
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Your romantic vibes are hot today!
You definitely have a crush on someone.
Or maybe someone has a crush on you.
All relations with others will be quite
intense at this time.
YOU BORN TODAYYou have amar-
velous imagination and the talent to use
it. (Some of you have geniuslike ideas.)
Many of you are writers or wordsmiths.
You have high ideals and strong beliefs,
and you wish to share these with others.
You have much to look forward to in
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