Dick Laing recalls with pride working with Michigan Tech Universityon a residential “boot camp” style program in forestry and conservation skills in the Upper Peninsula that helped disadvantaged youngsters develop life skills. The program eventually fell victim to budgetary neglect, he says. Laing never doubted, however, the value of the effort to put children from urban […]
Jina Sawani
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
Posted inTalent & Education
Report: Michigan is high on price of college degrees
College graduates in Michigan and elsewhere are rightly anxious about their future job prospects — an anxiety only heightened by the piles of debt so many have accumulated while on campus. Erin Dillon, senior policy analyst for Education Sector and co-author of a new report highlighting the relationship between obtaining a college degree and acquiring […]
Posted inQuality of Life
Group pushes belief in Detroit
When it comes to the city of Detroit, it seems everyone has an opinion — and all too often it’s not a positive one. Yet, not all Detroiters are standing idle as others make snap judgments about the city they love. After attending a state conference on Mackinac Island back in 2009, Sandy Hermanoff, CEO […]
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