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meeting, the board, led by
University President Mark
Schlissel, voted to increase
student tuition rates for the
third year in a row. In-state
tuition
increased
by
2.9

percent and out-of-state rose
by 3.9 percent. Since 2002,
tuition revenue has increased
by more than 135 percent.

Compared to last year’s

rates, tuition for Michigan
residents went from $14,826
to $15,262 and out-of-state
student tuition went from
$47,452 to $49,326.

The board voted 7-1 to

approve the tuition hike.
Regent Andrea Newman, R,
was the only board member
to oppose the hike. In the
meeting, she said she voted
against the motion in an
effort
to
keep
University

costs affordable for students.

“I’ve
said
this
before,

and I feel this is the real
opportunity to make this
statement,”
Newman
said.

“In the past 10 years, we’ve
raised in-state tuition over
30 percent for freshmen and

sophomores — an average of
3.3 percent per year — and
more for juniors and seniors.”

Schlissel and the regents

pointed to recent initiatives
such as the Go Blue Guarantee
— a full-tuition financial
aid package for all in-state
students whose families make
less than $65,000 a year — as
worthwhile
affordability

investments
that
require

further funds to support. To
counteract this tuition hike,
this year’s budget included
a 16.3 percent increase —
about $28.9 million — in
undergraduate financial aid
funding.

This 2.9 percent tuition

increase
still
puts
the

University below the state’s
increase cap of 3.8 percent.

Room and board rates also

increased by 3 percent —
now between $296 and $400
more — as part of the vote. A
statement in the University
Record from the regents said
the additional funds from
the increase will be used
to improve residence hall
facilities.

“This
marks
the
ninth

consecutive year of residence
hall operating cost increasing
by 1 percent or less,” the

statement
reads.
“With

eight residence halls still in
need of major upgrades, the
overall 3 percent increase
will cover essential housing
services
while
supporting

future
renovations
and

maintenance.”

Regents
may
move

investment decisions out of
public meeting agendas

University
officials
are

currently
considering

removing
voting
on

investment decisions from
the regents meeting agendas,
bringing previously public
investment
conversations

behind closed doors.

According to a statement

from the University, the board
would vote to establish broad
guidelines
for
investment

decisions and then allow the
previously public votes to be
made by the investment office
staff.

University
spokesperson

Rick Fitzgerald said in a press
release the current protocol
far more public compared to
other institutions and is not
necessary.

“U-M goes beyond what

peer
institutions
consider

necessary by presenting new
investments to the Board

of
Regents
in
public

session to be approved
before the investments
are executed,” Fitzgerald
wrote. “A more common
practice would be for
the Board of Regents to
annually
approve
the

types of investments that
are appropriate for U-M
and what percentage of
total
investments
are

appropriate
for
each

investment type.”

The
decision
came

months after the Detroit
Free Press published an
investigation claiming the
University had invested
funds into the properties
of large donors to the
University,
including

Stephen
Ross,
Sandy

Robertson and more.

After the Detroit Free

Press
report,
student

organizations
such
as

Roosevelt
Institute

and College Democrats
published public callsfor
the
University
to
be

more transparent about

investment
practices.
LSA

senior
Christopher
Olson,

an author of a resolution
from
Roosevelt,
requested

the
University
publicly

characterize the nature of
endowment funds and future
investments.

“As students we have a

vested interest in how the
endowment is used to promote
the educational excellence of
this University,” Olson wrote.
“Conflicts of interest with
University endowment have
the potential to reduce the
returns of the endowment
which in turn will reduce the
money which could be used to
reduce the cost of tuition.”

Judge rules in favor of

Bias Response Team in First
Amendment case

In May, a group of students

backed by an advocacy group
called Speech First sued the
University
for
infringing

on their First Amendment
rights with the use of the
Bias
Response
Team.
A

federal judge sided with the
University in early August,
denying
Speech
First’s

motion to end use of the BRT.

The BRT, housed under

the Dean of Students office,
responds to students’ reports
of bias incidents involving
race,
ethnicity,
gender,

sexuality, religion, age and
other identities.

The lawsuit was the first

of its kind nationally and
alleged
the
University’s

speech
code
was
too

broad and vague to punish
students. As Judge Linda
V. Parker stated, however,
the BRT’s investigations do
not constitute a significant
threat to a student accused of
perpetuating bias.

“Even
if
the
record

reflected that the BRT had
criticized
an
individual’s

speech, there would be no
First Amendment violation
‘in the absence of some actual
or
threatened
imposition

of governmental power or
sanction,’”
Parker’s
ruling

read.

The Department of Justice

filed a statement in support of
Speech First’s suit, accusing
the University of censoring
student speech.

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(La Casa is) moving in a positive direction. We

understand that there’s a lot of demands that can’t be
solved in a certain timeframe. They require time, so I think
we’ve been understanding on that end because (the
administration) have been adressing the ones that are
more immediate or easier to tackle.

LSA junior Lesley Rivas on La Casa’s negotiations with the University over increased diversity,

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Basha contributed reporting to a story on multicutural welcome
week events.

“I’ve been following most of these organizations for the last two years
or so, and it’s been so inspiring to watch communities accomplish
what they set out to do so many years ago. ALMA and SALAM both
seemed to achieve great success in pipelining young students of
color to the University, and Black Welcome Week sets the standard
in bringing dozens of Black student organizations together. All three
of these communities have been historically marginalized at the
University. And so as a student of color myself, it’s important that
younger generations are able to not just follow in the footsteps of
previous classes, but achieve more, and push for better. It’s incredibly
heartening to see these communities ensuring just that; drawing on
their shared histories and empowering each other with love. Though
I don’t hold the identities of these affinity organizations, I learn from
them. I try to give their stories a platform. And I encourage our staff
members (shoutout Catherine Nouhan for tying the story together!) to
do the same.”

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