Michigan spent most of the 20th century building a world class system of higher education – both universities and community colleges. That system is now at the top of the list of the assets Michigan has to grow its economy.…
Economics 101: The marketplace sets prices that balance the interests of those buying and selling a product; price controls don't work; consumers are rational. Seems like our politicians and the media either didn't take or forgot Economics 101 when it…
Back to our thought experiment on what others would offer if the University of Michigan decided it was willing to locate all or parts of its operations anyplace on the planet. In my previous post we established the dollar amount…
A thought experiment: Assume the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor decides – as MSU did with its medical school – to take offers to relocate all or part of its operations. But not just someplace else in Michigan, any place on…
Recently Thom Linn sent me the QS World University Rankings. Why? Because the University of Michigan is ranked as the 15th best university in the world. Turns out the QS rankings are one of three global higher ed rankings that…
I had the privilege this past semester for the first time to teach a college class. Economic Development Planning in the Masters of Urban Planning program in the Taubman College at the University of Michigan. Where I got my degree. It…
The Kauffman Foundation recently had a Wall Street Journal Editorial on Friday that indicated all net job creation in the US since 1980 occurred in firms less than five years old. With unemployment over 15% in Michigan, we need new…