Mary Sue Coleman says Gov. Synder's formula for higher education treats U-M ...

Coleman told the Michigan House Appropriation Higher Education Subcommittee that Snyder's proposed 3 percent raise in funding "represents what we hope is a turning point for higher education in our state and the past decade of reductions" but is not being distributed properly .

Snyder released his $48.2 billion 2012-13 fiscal budget proposal in February.

The proposal grants universities $1.4 billion —up from $1.36 billion in 2011-2012— and distributes the increase to Michigan's 15 public universities using four newly developed metrics: growth in graduation rates, the number of degrees awarded in critical skill areas, the number of Pell Grants awarded to enrolled students and tuition restraint.

Under this formula, increases to individual universities vary from 0.9 percent to 7.6 percent.

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