Project Year GSF Funding State MTU Total Minerals and Materials Eng. Michigan Tech has truly benefited from a high level of support from the State of Michigan. A Senate Fiscal Agency analysis indicated MTU received the fourth largest capital outlay appropriations in the 1980s, even though we had the second lowest enrollment of the 15 State universities. This capital outlay support has continued in the 1990s. Student laboratory fees are now credited directly to departments that teach the laboratory courses, on a timely basis.
Departments can adjust fees, subject to administrative review and approval.
This allows academic departments to make multi-year plans for the replacement or upgrade of teaching equipment. Overhead, slide, videotape, and opaque projectors are available on request for every classroom. Because software and hardware requirements differ considerably from one discipline to another, computer projection equipment is the responsibility of the departments. Nearly all classrooms have network connections. A few lecture halls on campus are now equipped with multimedia capabilities, funded jointly by departments and central administration.