With the state experiencing huge revenue shortfalls during the recession in the late 2000s, Michigan lawmakers got creative with their budget process. Their maneuvering led the state to direct federal welfare funds to state college tuition grants -- one of a handful of options to tackle a huge state budget shortfall. But nearly a decade later, that budget tactic has become a permanent feature of Michigan’s funding of higher education.

October 18, 2016 ・ From Inside Higher Ed