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The Detroit News - "Bold moves needed to change state's low skill culture"


By The Center for Michigan - March 19, 2006

It's the culture, stupid. Or rather, it's the culture in Michigan that keeps us stupid. New research from the University of Michigan confirms that we still shrug off college as the path to success, despite solid evidence that college graduates make more money and are less likely to lose their jobs.

The paper from U-M's Rebecca M. Blank and James M. Sallee was presented last week at the "Where Do We Go From Here?" conference sponsored by Phil Power's new Center for Michigan think tank.

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