“Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom” — Clifford Stoll, American author.
* A study says the financial trends for public research universities – here that means U-M, MSU and Wayne State – are grim. ” Public research universities — particularly top-tier flagship institutions like the universities of Michigan, Virginia, Texas and California — are in some ways stuck between worlds. They compete for students and faculty and conduct research on a national and even global scale. But they remain under substantial political control of the states, and dependent on them for funding.”:
* This must be causing some angst in the executive offices of the Detroit 3: Driver’s licenses are becoming less common among younger Americans. Someone who doesn’t bother to obtain a driver’s license early in life is someone who is unlikely to buy cars:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/09/26/cars_per_capita_are_in_long_term_decline_.html
* There’s an Asian carp doomsday clock for the Great Lakes – and it’s moving in the wrong direction:
* With costs mounting, Arkansas adopts a program to give financial incentives to doctors to be more efficient in providing care:
http://www.governing.com/news/state/sl-new-health-care-plan-arkansas.html
* John Austin, a member of the State Board of Education, is heading up a new policy group, the Michigan Economic Center, to push ideas on the “blue” and the “green” economy.
* Gov. Rick Snyder provides his analysis of Proposal 5 — the supermajority requirement. Hint — he doesn’t like it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_POd1ySCnCA&list=UUpSY_Qh_BLsD_qiPxhd88Ig&index=3&feature=plcp
* The Detroit Free Press’ Brian Dickerson provides a tale out of Oakland County that illustrates several of the glaring weaknesses in Michigan campaign law.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012309300163
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