Michigan students return to campus amid threats to higher education

Ann Arbor — On the first day of classes, students are mapping out their schedules in planners, meeting new classmates or reconnecting with old ones and figuring out the — possibly daunting — public transportation system.

Politics isn't usually top of mind for them, at least, not on the first day back. But in an era of heightened scrutiny on higher education and its leaders, it might be.