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Author: Kim Trent

This author has written 32 articles
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Preparing Black Students For Life And Career, Not Just A Job

Preparing Black students for life and career, not just a job

  • June 6, 2023
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Transforming Work
  • 0 Comments

This post was originally published in October 2016. It is arguably more relevant today than then. As Farhad Manjoo details in a recent New York Times column coding will not be a high-paid occupation for much longer. As Kim Trent…

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Are Upper Middle Class Parents Destroying The American Dream For Everyone Else’s Kids?

Are upper middle class parents destroying the American Dream for everyone else’s kids?

  • June 8, 2020
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
  • 1 Comment

This post was first published in July 2017. As America confronts the reality of structural racism, it is clear we need to put on the table topics that have been off the table for far too long. One of those…

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Could College Degrees Save The Lives Of Michiganders?

Could college degrees save the lives of Michiganders?

  • January 10, 2018
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

We at Michigan Future Inc. have not been shy about sharing ample research that demonstrates the correlation between degree attainment and economic stability. It’s no coincidence that Michigan ranks 32nd for both college degree attainment and per capita income. But…

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Are America’s Colleges Solidifying Economic Castes?

Are America’s colleges solidifying economic castes?

  • December 13, 2017
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

In our first-ever policy agenda, Michigan Future Inc. argues that boosting Michigan’s four-year college degree attainment rate holds the most promise as a strategy to increase household income in our state. There is ample evidence of the correlation between a…

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Macomb Leverages Water And Parks To Draw Talent

Macomb leverages water and parks to draw talent

  • November 22, 2017
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Place Making
  • 0 Comments

Close your eyes and think of Macomb County, Michigan. What comes to mind? Perhaps you think of vast stretches of industrial shops and auto plants, bedroom communities or even influential swing voters. But now county leaders are banking on a…

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Higher Education’s Role As An Economic Mobilizer Threatened By Defunding

Higher education’s role as an economic mobilizer threatened by defunding

  • November 1, 2017
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Public Investment
  • 0 Comments

Michigan Future Inc. has long argued that the state’s economic policy should be organized around the goal of raising household incomes for all Michiganders. We have also long championed boosting the number of four-year degree holders in our state as…

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Toward A Michigan Policy Agenda That Prioritizes The Actual Needs Of Taxpayers Over The Perceived Desires Of Corporations

Toward a Michigan policy agenda that prioritizes the actual needs of taxpayers over the perceived desires of corporations

  • October 11, 2017
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Public Investment
  • 0 Comments

A few months ago, Michigan Future Inc. introduced its first-ever state policy agenda. In it, we argue that rising income for all Michiganders should be the policy goal for Michigan’s leaders and we offer three levers to accomplish that goal:…

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Boosting Graduation Rates: A Moral Imperative For Michigan Universities

Boosting graduation rates: A moral imperative for Michigan universities

  • September 13, 2017
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Talent
  • 0 Comments

At my freshman year college orientation 30 years ago this month, a high-ranking university official asked students to look to their left and to their right and told them that one the fellow freshmen they looked at would likely not…

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The End Of Public Higher Education In Michigan?

The end of public higher education in Michigan?

  • August 30, 2017
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Public Investment, Talent
  • 1 Comment

At Governor Rick Snyder's recent Higher Education Summit, George L. Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, offered a dire prediction that made me gasp out loud: Based on the…

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Incentivizing Detroit Homeownership For Teachers Could Boost Student, Community Outcomes

Incentivizing Detroit homeownership for teachers could boost student, community outcomes

  • August 9, 2017
  • Kim Trent
  • Blog, Place Making, Talent
  • 0 Comments

Recently, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced a new program that offers homes in the city's 30,000-property land bank to employees of Detroit schools - both traditional and charter - at a 50 percent discount. The idea is to attract educators…

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