Budget Focal Points
- Financial Aid
- Committed to making higher education accessible to qualified students of all economic means, MSU is increasing institutional funding for financial aid by an unprecedented 30 percent over the next two years.
- Tuition
- MSU is working to ensure that students receive the best educational value for their tuition dollars.
- Efficient Operations
- MSU is focused on operating as efficiently and effectively as possible, while meeting the challenge of maintaining quality.
- Energy/Utilities
- With one of the lowest total energy loads for a university of its size in a northern climate, MSU is reducing energy use, increasing recycling efforts, and reducing waste on campus.
- Health Care
- In the face of rising health costs nationwide, MSU is keeping down costs while preserving value for stakeholders.
- Compensation
- To assure continued quality, MSU is committed to remaining competitive for faculty and staff compensation.
- Long-Term Financial Framework
- Ongoing investments in a number of critical areas are necessary to sustain MSU’s momentum and ensure continued success.
- Appropriations
- MSU faces the challenge of declining support for higher education from the State of Michigan, which ranks nearly last in the nation for the amount of state dollars allocated to higher education.
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