University of Michigan tuition increase proposal fails with 4-4 Board of Regents vote
(World News USA)

ANN ARBOR, MI — The University of Michigan Board of Regents on Thursday voted down a proposed budget that included a tuition increase. A majority vote was required for the budgets to pass, but the regents were split on the vote, 4-4. Regents Michael Behm, Mark Bernstein, Ron Weiser and Katherine White voted in favor of the proposed budget, while Regents Jordan Acker, Paul Brown, Shauna Ryder Diggs and Denise Illitch voted against the proposed budget. UM President Mark Schlissel said he has never been in this position before — the university will not have a budget as of July 1, the start of its fiscal year — but a new budget will be presented at the July 16 regents meeting. “We`ll bring back...