Michigan's Budget and Revenue Trends
Mitchell Bean, Director of the House Fiscal Agency's presentation to the Presidents Council's Business Affairs Officers on October 14, 2009.
Michigan's Transition to a Knowledge Based Economy
A report by Michigan Future,this report covers the period from 2001-2007. It provides a complete picture of the entire national economic expansion, from the trough in 2001 through the peak in 2007. Obviously the economy has changed a great deal since 2007, from expansion to likely the most severe downturn since the Great Depression. When the next expansion begins two of the most important drivers in this expansion almost certainly will not be repeated: the housing bubble and highly leveraged financial services.
State Financial Aid Funding for Postsecondary Education
Prepared by the Michigan House Fiscal Agency (Jen, September 2008), this report provides information on the nine Michigan state-funded financial aid programs appropriated in the Higher Education budget, as well as information on historical trends and comparisons to other states in financial aid funding.
Report on State University Appropriations
Prepared by House Fiscal Agency Senior Fiscal Analyst Kyle Jen, the report provides historical information for fiscal years 1983-84 to FY 2006-07 and includes data on university appropriations and funding methods.
The Vital Center: A Federal-State Compact to Renew the Great Lakes Region
This study takes a comprehensive look at the economic history of the Great Lakes region and assesses its currents assets and the challenges the region must overcome in order to make it a global destination hub in the future. Authored by John Austin, Brookings Institution Nonresident Senior Fellow and Brittany Affolter-Caine, doctoral student in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at U-M. October 2006
A Look at Michigan's Emerging New Economy
A study prepared by Lansing-based Public Policy Associates which illustrates Michigan's evolution to the new knowledge economy. Among the study's conclusion is that stronger state investment in the state's transportation, communications and educational infrastructure and nurturing cultural values as they pertain to innovation and entrepreneurship are critical to continued emergence into the new economy. October, 2006
A New Agenda for a New Michigan
A report by Ann Arbor-based Michigan Future, Inc. that articulates strategies for positioning Michigan for success in a knowledge-driven and entrepreneurial economy. Chief among the proposed strategies is greater support for the state's higher education institutions. June 2006
A Roadmap to Michigan's Future: Meeting the Challenge of a Global Knowledge-Driven Economy
A Strategic Road mapping Exercise
James J. Duderstadt, Project Director
The Millennium Project
The University of Michigan
September 2005
Report of the Cherry Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth
States with the most college graduates have the strongest economies, more jobs, and better paying jobs. That's why Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Lt. Governor John Cherry and a bi-partisan Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth to recommend strategies for doubling the number of college degree holders in Michigan. The Cherry Commission report affirms that Michigan's future is in college and that higher education is the road to prosperity and a better future for everyone in Michigan. December 2004
University Investment Commission Report - 2002
An overview of key issues in Michigan higher education, prepared by a commission of Michigan business and political leaders.
House Fiscal Agency Report
The Long View: State University Enrollments, Revenues, and Expenditures
FY 1977 through FY 2002
A report to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education
Produced by Dr. Hank Prince, Michigan House Fiscal Agency
December 2003
State University Summary Data
A report prepared by Kyle I. Jen of the House Fiscal Agency and Ellen Jeffries of the Senate Fiscal Agency for Fiscal Years 2003-04 to 2007-08.