Posted 5/15/08
Fall room and board rates approved
Students in residence halls will pay an average of 4.9 percent more for room and board next academic year, following May 15 approval of 2008-09 housing rates by the Board of Regents. The basic rate per student for a double room with a standard meal plan will be $8,591, an increase of $401 from the 2007-08 academic year. More> |
Posted 5/15/08
Board approves construction of Kearsley Corridor
The Board of Regents May 15 authorized construction of a roadway through the U-M-Flint campus. The estimated $1.9-million project, to be funded by a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, will reconnect two sections of East Kearsley Street. More> |
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Posted 5/12/08
HealthSense: making sense of the national challenge
The University Perspective
Escalating health care costs have driven many employers to create health and well-being programs that Chief Health Officer Bob Winfield says “try to keep the work force healthy, or healthier, and to contain health care costs by helping employees stay well.” In the second installment in a three-part series on making sense of rising costs, Winfield and Laurita Thomas, associate vice president for human resources, explain what institutions, including
U-M, are doing to contain costs while creating a culture of health. More> |
Posted 5/12/08
Performance, not race, plays role in NBA coach longevity
At least in the NBA, race is not a factor in the firing of coaches, although losing white coaches had somewhat longer tenures before being fired than losing African-American coaches. More> |
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4:00 PM May 15, 2008
