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Affordability and Accessibility
Individual Department Caps on Textbook Costs
Work with all academic departments on campus to come up with a cap for each individual department textbooks cost per class as the cost of textbooks for classes can be incredibly high and varies widely for most students.
Individual Department Caps on Textbook Costs
Work with all academic departments on campus to come up with a cap for each individual department textbooks cost per class as the cost of textbooks for classes can be incredibly high and varies widely for most students.
LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, GRE, and DAT Test Prep
Continue and expand this year’s LSAT test prep program, which hired Michigan Law students to teach the LSAT to undergrads at a lesser cost than test prep services. Increase the affordability and expand the program to the MCAT, GMAT, GRE, DAT, so that Michigan students can have affordable test prep and post-undergraduate education can be accessible for all students.
LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, GRE, and DAT Test Prep
Continue and expand this year’s LSAT test prep program, which hired Michigan Law students to teach the LSAT to undergrads at a lesser cost than test prep services. Increase the affordability and expand the program to the MCAT, GMAT, GRE, DAT, so that Michigan students can have affordable test prep and post-undergraduate education can be accessible for all students.
Double Printing Money for Students
Increase the allocated printing money per student from $25 to $50 per academic term. Students, especially in the humanities and social studies, have to print far more than is currently allocated for class.
Double Printing Money for Students
We propose spending CSG resources on the expansion of bus hours, specifically on weekend nights between North and South campus. This will be a pilot program to encourage the University to pay for this, based on student use.
Formalized Tutoring Service for Large University Classes
Create a non-STEM equivalent to the Science Learning Center (SLC), a tutoring service for large STEM classes, to serve classes like Econ 101, Polsci 111, Writing 124, etc.
Formalized Tutoring Service for Large University Classes
Create a non-STEM equivalent to the Science Learning Center (SLC), a tutoring service for large STEM classes, to serve classes like Econ 101, Polsci 111, Writing 124, etc.
Central Laptop Program for All Schools
Expand the Laptop Loan Program to all University of Michigan students to relieve them of financial distress or a decline in academic progress due to a lack of equipment. This is an LSA program that allows students with Financial Need to receive a macbook to use while enrolled in classes and potentially purchase it at a lower cost (considering the depreciation value) when unenrolled.
Expand the Laptop Loan Program to all University of Michigan students to relieve them of financial distress or a decline in academic progress due to a lack of equipment. This is an LSA program that allows students with Financial Need to receive a macbook to use while enrolled in classes and potentially purchase it at a lower cost (considering the depreciation value) when unenrolled.
Central Laptop Program for All Schools
Incentivize Research Projects to Hire Undergrads
Subsidize some top research projects not currently working through UROP, to get them to utilize undergraduate students instead of just graduate students, in order to expand these research opportunities to more undergraduates.
Incentivize Research Projects to Hire Undergrads
Subsidize some top research projects not currently working through UROP, to get them to utilize undergraduate students instead of just graduate students, in order to expand these research opportunities to more undergraduates.
Student Textbook Buying and Selling System
Create a textbook buying and selling system (website with an app) to connect students who have taken a course with students who will be taking it.
Student Textbook Buying and Selling System
Create a textbook buying and selling system (website with an app) to connect students who have taken a course with students who will be taking it.
Course Guide for Smaller Schools
Work with the academic departments of colleges which don’t have their own course guide or whose classes are not all listed in the LSA Course Guide to create either a college-wide course guide or embed their classes in the LSA Course Guide.
Course Guide for Smaller Schools
Work with the academic departments of colleges which don’t have their own course guide or whose classes are not all listed in the LSA Course Guide to create either a college-wide course guide or embed their classes in the LSA Course Guide.
Reform the LSA Course Guide
Redesign the LSA Course Guide to view all courses ever offered with the ability to filter by semester and course times to increase the student accessibility.
Reform the LSA Course Guide
Redesign the LSA Course Guide to view all courses ever offered with the ability to filter by semester and course times to increase the student accessibility.
Increase Sweetland Writing Center Funding
Work with the University to expand the Sweetland Writing Center’s funding by 5% to pay their consultants $12/hour and open an office on North Campus.
Increase Sweetland Writing Center Funding
Work with the University to expand the Sweetland Writing Center’s funding by 5% to pay their consultants $12/hour and open an office on North Campus.
Mentorship Program for Undergraduates
Create a “mentorship program” at Michigan, which will be based on similar programs that exist at other top schools. This program serves undergraduate students who are trying to get into a graduate school (law, medical, MBA, etc.), in pairing them with a Michigan graduate student from their relevant college, who will advise them on applications, classes, extracurricular choices, and anything else they need help with.
Mentorship Program for Undergraduates
Create a “mentorship program” at Michigan, which will be based on similar programs that exist at other top schools. This program serves undergraduate students who are trying to get into a graduate school (law, medical, MBA, etc.), in pairing them with a Michigan graduate student from their relevant college, who will advise them on applications, classes, extracurricular choices, and anything else they need help with.
Feedback on Early Action and Decision Applications
Work with the Admissions Office to share feedback on a student’s application which has been deferred to Regular Admissions, like many other top schools. This provides students with the opportunity to provide more information about themselves with the possibility of improving their application.
Feedback on Early Action and Decision Applications
Work with the Admissions Office to share feedback on a student’s application which has been deferred to Regular Admissions, like many other top schools. This provides students with the opportunity to provide more information about themselves with the possibility of improving their application.
Expand the ASL Program
Expand the ASL program by hiring two more professors (potentially one that is HOH/D). This will reduce the year long waitlist and Professor Berwanger’s workload, as well as show the Deaf community that they are respected and represented equally to other languages at the University of Michigan.
Expand the ASL Program
Expand the ASL program by hiring two more professors (potentially one that is HOH/D). This will reduce the year long waitlist and Professor Berwanger’s workload, as well as show the Deaf community that they are respected and represented equally to other languages at the University of Michigan.
Fellowships for International Students
Expand access to federal grants for international students. This includes NIH training grants and University fellowships. For example, 6 of the 22 awards listed on Rackham’s website require US citizenship or permanent residency, and only 2 are targeted towards international students.
Fellowships for International Students
Expand access to federal grants for international students. This includes NIH training grants and University fellowships. For example, 6 of the 22 awards listed on Rackham’s website require US citizenship or permanent residency, and only 2 are targeted towards international students.
Class Registration for International Students
Allow international students to register for classes at the same time as all students instead of after they arrive on campus. This will give them an equal opportunity to secure a place in heavily-enrolled courses alongside domestic students.
Class Registration for International Students
Allow international students to register for classes at the same time as all students instead of after they arrive on campus. This will give them an equal opportunity to secure a place in heavily-enrolled courses alongside domestic students.
Ford Students Access to Study Abroad Scholarships
Open up LSA study abroad scholarships to Ford students with LSA minors. Currently, LSA refuses to allow Ford students to apply for LSA funding, even though many Ford students are active and contributing members of LSA departments.
Ford Students Access to Study Abroad Scholarships
Open up LSA study abroad scholarships to Ford students with LSA minors. Currently, LSA refuses to allow Ford students to apply for LSA funding, even though many Ford students are active and contributing members of LSA departments.
Reform UROP
Reform UROP to individually train the student researchers on their given project in order to move the focus away from STEM-only research projects and allow the researchers more academic freedom and time to learn.
Reform UROP
Reform UROP to individually train the student researchers on their given project in order to move the focus away from STEM-only research projects and allow the researchers more academic freedom and time to learn.
Training for FYW and ULW Professors in Helping ESL Students
Create a contrastive rhetoric training program for First Year Writing and Upper Level Writing professors on how to address the issues English as a Second Language (ESL) students uniquely face. Although ESL students generally out-perform native English students in most classes, they consistently do worse in writing classes, with average grades between a D- and C. This is not because their writing content is weaker, but their professors are not used to their rhetorical styles.
Training for FYW and ULW Professors in Helping ESL Students
Create a contrastive rhetoric training program for First Year Writing and Upper Level Writing professors on how to address the issues English as a Second Language (ESL) students uniquely face. Although ESL students generally out-perform native English students in most classes, they consistently do worse in writing classes, with average grades between a D- and C. This is not because their writing content is weaker, but their professors are not used to their rhetorical styles.