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20036 TEL FAX 202.296.8400 202.223.7053 www.agb.org PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR HIGHER EDUCATION BOARDS ACROSS THE NATION MICHIGAN ABOUT THE BOARDS NUMBER OF BOARDS 13 Public Boards 13 Institutio

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PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR HIGHER EDUCATION BOARDS ACROSS THE NATION

MICHIGAN

ABOUT THE BOARDS

NUMBER OF BOARDS

13 Public Boards

13 Institution Boards

0 System Boards

1 Coordinating Boards

STATE BOARDS INSTITUTION BOARDS

Board of Regents of the University of Michigan Board of Trustees of Michigan State University Board of Governors of Wayne State University Oakland University Board of Trustees Board of Trustees of the Michigan Technological University

Lake Superior State University Board of Trustees

Central Michigan University Board of Trustees Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents Northern Michigan University

Board of Trustees Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Saginaw Valley State University

Board of Control Ferris State University Board of Trustees Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees

COORDINATING BOARDS

Michigan Association of State Universities

INTERESTING FACT

Members of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, the Board

of Trustees of Michigan State University, and the Board of Governors of

Wayne State University are selected via a general election The governor

appoints voting members of the other 10 boards.

PROCESS

0 boards have an

external vetting process for members

1 board has a formalized

removal process for members

MEMBERSHIP

0 boards have student

members (0 who vote)

0 boards have faculty

members (0 who vote)

SELECTION

3 boards have members selected by a general election

10 boards have members selected by the governor

0 boards have members selected by the state legislature

REQUIREMENTS

13 boards require their members to be state residents

0 boards require some members to live in a certain region of the state

For more information and specific questions, please contact Cristin Toutsi, AGB’s director of public policy and strategic communications, at CToutsi@agb.org

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT MICHIGAN’S PUBLIC BOARDS

Board of Regents of the

University of Michigan 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Board of Trustees of

Michigan State University 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 4 No No No Board of Governors of

Wayne State University 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Oakland University Board of Trustees 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Board of Trustees of the Michigan

Technological University 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Lake Superior State University

Board of Trustees 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Central Michigan University

Board of Trustees 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Eastern Michigan University

Board of Regents 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Northern Michigan University

Board of Trustees 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Western Michigan University

Board of Trustees 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Saginaw Valley State University

Board of Control 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No Ferris State University

Board of Trustees 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 Yes No No Grand Valley State University

Board of Trustees 4 year only Constitu-tional 9/8 0 8* 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 No Yes No Yes/No 8 0 No No No