A proposed state budget plan advanced by Republicans in Michigan’s House appropriations committee would cut major funding for Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, according to a week-in-review roundup. The proposal would reduce MSU by $208.9 million and the University of Michigan by $233.4 million. The combined impact adds pressure on public-university staffing, research operations, and student services at two flagship institutions. The same roundup also highlighted a federal-to-institutional financial relief update: the U.S. Department of Education no longer plans to recoup up to $72 million from the University of Arizona Global Campus tied to discharged federal student loans for former Ashford University students after Ashford’s 2020 acquisition. Separately, the review flagged policy litigation around a new Trump executive order targeting DEI efforts and a one-year delay for compliance with new DOJ web accessibility rules for some colleges. Together, the items show overlapping budget tightening and regulatory change in the higher-ed policy landscape.