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Get in line, kid. It’s a long one.

Get in line, kid. It’s a long one.

The University of Michigan released data on the application process for next year’s freshman class, and it is eye-popping: Provost Philip Hanlon told a group of faculty Monday that the school has received 41,600 freshman applications ...

Michigan college cost dilemma bankrupts all

Michigan college cost dilemma bankrupts all

I’ve been observing Michigan public policy discussions for nearly 50 years. It’s amazing that, so often, it’s as though people with differing views live in two different universes. Take Michigan universities. Analysis presented last week in ...

The 44-cent solution

The 44-cent solution

What can you buy with 44 cents? You can get one postage stamp, at least for the next 12 days, when the cost of mailing a letter jumps to 45 cents. You could buy an eighth ...

Michigan can’t fit college grads into job slots

Michigan can’t fit college grads into job slots

If Amy Dobson is a rock and Gentex is a hard place, Gov. Rick Snyder is stuck between them. Dobson, an effervescent 23-year-old from Okemos, finished a five-year degree program in education from Michigan State University ...

Certificates can buy middle-class lifestyle

Certificates can buy middle-class lifestyle

While the path to the Michigan middle class will wind almost exclusively through college campuses, the journey will have some shortcuts, according to an analysis of job projections by Bridge Magazine. Some careers projected to have ...

Land O Links

Land O Links

“It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge” – atomic physicist Enrico Fermi. * Our friend Kurt Metzger takes the positive approach to home values in ...