We are increasingly inundated with rankings of k-12 schools. The question I always ask is “would the report’s authors send their kids or grandkids to
When I read my post laying out the themes that we believe matter most to recreating a Michigan with a broad middle class I realized
Theme: Quality education matters most Michigan––any many other states––have been slashing higher education funding for the last decade. It has been viewed as something we
Everyone seems to be ready to embrace the need for a substantial boost in state funding for transportation, even as they try to find the
As we start the new year I thought it would be helpful to take a step back from the specifics I normally write about to
All of a sudden there has been a lot of press coverage of our work: I did an interview with Cynthia Canty for Michigan Radio’s
The below presentation includes updated data on the most and least prosperous states and identifies the characteristics of the states with the most successful economies.
Three interesting recent articles on young professionals leaving Michigan for vibrant central cities, particularly Chicago. All worth checking out. The first in the Detroit News
Across the country state and local leaders have made retaining and attracting young college graduates an economic development priority. Not in Michigan. Here, by and
We have included metro Lansing in all our annual reports because mid sized regions anchored by a major research university can do well in a
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