Comments on: Competing like the Tigers https://michiganfuture.org/2013/01/competing-like-the-tigers/ A Catalyst for Prosperity Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:59:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: American Dream endures in one of country's most equal areas - The GroundTruth Project - American Dream endures in one of country’s most equal areas - The GroundTruth Project https://michiganfuture.org/2013/01/competing-like-the-tigers/#comment-10253 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:59:24 +0000 https://www.michiganfuture.org/?p=3868#comment-10253 […] middle class,” Lou Glazer, president of the economic and public policy group Michigan Future, wrote. “Largely because of high-paid, unionized factory jobs this was the place where if you worked […]

]]> By: Lou Glazer https://michiganfuture.org/2013/01/competing-like-the-tigers/#comment-1569 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:19:26 +0000 https://www.michiganfuture.org/?p=3868#comment-1569 In reply to Kathy Grost.

Agree 100% that talent retention–and attraction–is essential. It is a central theme of all our work. The twin priorities from our perspective are both investing in education and creating places where mobil talent want to live and work

]]> By: Kathy Grost https://michiganfuture.org/2013/01/competing-like-the-tigers/#comment-1566 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:23:48 +0000 https://www.michiganfuture.org/?p=3868#comment-1566 In this piece you mention University of Michigan as an anchor for first class higher education. Michigan currently can assert its position as one to the top states nationally for its higher education system. The problem is not talent creation, it’s talent retention. Many of our top students don’t stay in Michigan after they graduate. Creating desirable centers for young professionals is key to Michigan’s economic recovery. Michigan has unique assets in its geography that should make this possible. They also have strengths in their land for agriculture, an true growth industry sector they should be exploiting.

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