The state House this week passed a conference committee bill on higher ed funding that leaves GVSU $3.2 million short of what the university had expected.
The board of Control approved a $132 million dollar budget in June banking on $4,500 per student, the funding level the Legislature had agreed upon.
This week's House action, however, sends GVSU just $4,300 per student. The shortfall, according to the Administration, will likely be made up by cuts in the capital maintenance fund.
President Lubbers, following a Thursday speech to the Downtown Rotary in Grand Rapids, was asked what the university could do next.
We go back to the Legislature and say, 'Give us at least what you're giving the other institutions,' Lubbers said, noting GVSU's continued presence at the bottom of the state's higher ed funding, despite its longtime status as the fastest growing university in Michigan.
University Relations Vice President Matt McLogan told the Grand Rapids Press that a possible consideration of a tuition increase would involve only a minimal hike, and that GVSU would not be looking at layoffs or programming cuts.
