A Budget to Grow the Michigan Economy
Balancing the state’s budget in an era of substantial, structural revenue decline is difficult. The bottom line, is getting poorer is hard. You have to
Duderstadt in Crain’s
Read this! Its Jim Duderstadt”s (the former U of M President) recent interview in Crain’s Detroit Business. Its terrific. As always Jim is direct, no
Foundations Leading
Nice feature in Dome Magazine on the role Michigan foundations are playing in k-12 reform. In a period of big cutbacks in public funding, philanthropy
Troubling ACT News
The folks who run the ACT college entrance exam have just released a troubling report on how well prepared America’s high school students are for
California, Part IV
One final article on what we can learn about developing an economic growth strategy from California. John Judis wrote for the New Republic a more
Culture Trumps Policy
Reading and writing about the future of California has me thinking about what really matters to their likely continuing role as an economic powerhouse. What
