Essential Art: Part One
Readers of MFI will know we have all recently read (or in some cases, re-read) Becoming Brilliant, which makes a strong case that the skills
Welding isn’t the skill welders need most
I’m reading a new book on the so-called skills gap. Beyond the Skills Gap: Preparing College Students for Life and Work by University of Wisconsin
The easy part of education reform
At Michigan Future we spend a lot of time talking about how we can prepare Michigan students – all Michigan students – for the 21st
Is resistance to “college for all” racially-motivated?
In a December 2 Chronicle for Higher Education article, Scott Carlson questioned whether declining public support for programs that increase access to higher education is
Visualizing the Megaregion (aka Detroit Matters)
In Michigan, collaboration across community borders has not been a recent strong suit. I’ve been at many a meeting where folks from the western part
Morgan Stanley on achieving inclusive growth
Really interesting recommendations from Morgan Stanley and the Low Income Investment Fund on “investing in cities for inclusive growth”. Interesting because: A major financial services
