HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
REP. CAROL GLANVILLE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
10:30 AM
Room 352, House Appropriations,
State Capitol Building
The House Committee on Higher Education was called to order by Chair Glanville.
The House Higher Education Committee was meeting jointly with the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Community Colleges.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Glanville, Rheingans, Koleszar, Scott, Byrnes, Coffia, Hill, MacDonell,
Paiz, VanderWall, Paquette, Zorn, Bruck, DeSana.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Koleszar moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 22, 2024. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Chair Glanville laid a presentation on the Growing Michigan Together Higher Education
Subcommittee Recommendations before the Committee.
Dr. Bill Pink, President of Ferris State University, Dr. Jim Sawyer, President of Macomb
Community College, Ryan Bliss, Executive Director of the Michigan College Access
Network, and Kevin Scott, President of TalentFirst, gave a presentation on the Higher
Education recommendations from the Growing Michigan Together Council Report.
Questions and discussion followed.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Glanville adjourned the meeting
at 11:58 AM.
Representative Carol Glanville, Chair
Nicholas Gewirtz
Committee Clerk
ngewirtz@house.mi.gov
Date Adopted: June 12, 2024