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David Jesse
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's higher ed reporter covering Michigan's universities, colleges. 2020-2021 Spencer ed journalism fellow; best education beat reporter.
Detroitfreep.comJoined March 2011

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A U-M regent weighs in as well
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I am thrilled that Coach Harbaugh, Athletic Director Manuel, and President Ono continue to have productive discussions. Jim Harbaugh is an outstanding football coach who brings so much to our campus and I would be thrilled if he continued as our Head Football Coach. #GoBlue twitter.com/UMichFootball/…
I pleased to share that I have been having very positive and constructive conversations with our Athletic Director and Football Coach. Warde Manuel and I both want to see Jim Harbaugh stay as the head football coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines. #GoBlue 〽️
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Remember, all close calls, and lots that seem not that close, will go to the Packers tonight, epsecially if the Lions take the lead at any point.
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Spalding was executive director of Hillsdale's 1776 project and helped develop the curriculum based on it. "A good liberal arts education is truly liberating and opens the minds and forms the character of good students and good citizens," Spalding said in a statement.
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Hillsdale College professor and Vice President Matthew Spalding, who oversees the private, conservative school's Washington DC center, was just appointed to the board of the New College of Florida by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Add Panthers to Broncos on the list of NFL teams with interest in Harbaugh
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A league source confirmed to ESPN.com that Panthers owner David Tepper has had a conversation with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh about the head coaching vacancy. This was not an interview, the source said. Will Kunkel of FOX Sports Charlotte first reported.
ESPN needs to stop running commercial and promo after commercial and promo. If you don't have anything new to say, just run the wide shot of the stadium.
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Sources: Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren has emerged as a top candidate to be the next President/CEO of the Chicago Bears. He’s interviewed in person for the job and is considered among the final candidates. The process is expected to wrap up in the upcoming weeks.
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Pierce is the senior executive vice president of Huntington National Bank. She also has been the vice chairman of FirstMerit Corporation and has held senior roles at RBS Citizens and JPMorgan Chase. She has held many board roles including chair of Henry Ford Health System Board
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INBOX: Gov. Whitmer appoints Colleen Ochoa Peters and Stefen J. Welch to Oakand University's board; Matthew D. Johnson and Monique Q. Wells to Michigan Technological University's board.
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FYI - we sued for these records to set a precedence. Legally binding contracts between a public entity and someone else should be open to the public. Now they are. This case, as my boss said in the latest story, is about more than just these two agreements. A judge agreed with us
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"It's important that these records be public, not so much for the details, but to make sure that the relationship between donors and our universities in Michigan are there for everyone to see. The business of public institutions should be transparent and that's why we sued."
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Citing Michigan's open records laws, the Free Press asked for the agreements between MSU and Ishbia and St. Andre, including for donations made to help fund football coach Mel Tucker's 10-year, $95 million contract.
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All across Michigan today, colleges and universities are holding winter commencement ceremonies, including here at the University of Michigan Flint where a day of multiple ceremonies is starting with the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Case set for district court trial in January, but before that — because of earlier preliminary injunction — MSU faces scheduled deadline to provide judge with Title IX compliance plan. Could involve adding another sport and/or engaging in roster management strategy on men’s side
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Michigan State trustee says there is no viable path for return of swimming and diving at the school. This has been at the center of Title IX lawsuit that MSU brought to Supreme Court, but that justices recently refused to hear: lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/loc
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