U-M president blames rising costs on 'declining state support'
By Tom Gantert | Jan. 6, 2012 Follow Tom Gantert on Twitter
In a letter to President Barack Obama, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman blamed the rising costs at state colleges on “declining state support.” “Higher education is a public good currently lacking public support,” Coleman wrote in her Dec. 16 letter. “There is no stronger trigger for rising costs at public universities and colleges than declining state support.
