Reading Materials
Recent Articles about the Region
Early college start - High school students sharpen skills -
As Featured in "Ann Arbor News" Monday, February 11, 2008
BY LIZ COBBS
Elena Papanastasopoulos, an 11th-grader at Ypsilanti High School, is finishing her second week at the Early College Alliance, Washtenaw County's new high school program on the Eastern Michigan University campus.
She heard about the program from the mother of a friend and decided she wanted to enroll after she learned that the program had high expectations for students.
"I knew it would be difficult,'' she said after a recent biology class. "Personally, I love a challenge.''
State's low rate of college degrees tied to job loss
As featured in "Ann Arbor News"
By RICK HAGLUND
DETROIT - If having an abundance of knowledge-based jobs and vibrant metro areas is a key to economic prosperity, then Michigan's future is in doubt, a new study says.
In its first report card on Michigan's progress in developing a knowledge-based economy, Michigan Future Inc. says the state and its three largest metropolitan areas - Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing - are lagging other leading states and cities in creating high-wage jobs requiring at least a bachelor's degree.
States with an abundance of jobs in information, finance and insurance, management, professional and technical services, health care and education have the highest per capita incomes, according to the study, which was being released today.
The top five states in per capita income in 2006 were Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Maryland.
Hipsilanti
There's no question Ypsilanti, with its longstanding blue-collar reputation, has sat too long in the shadow of its better-known neighbor, Ann Arbor. Though it's home to its own highly regarded state university (Eastern, 'natch) and a storied automotive past, the city, named after Demetrius Ypsilanti, has struggled to compete with the rabid loyalty of "Go Blue" alumni, U-M's international fame and A2's soaring tax base. In the past it wasn't uncommon to hear Ypsi locals fib to out-of-towners that they actually lived in Ann Arbor.
What Everyone Must Know About the Brain Drain Myth in Michigan
Eric Cedo, President and CEO of BrainGain Marketing, examines the myth of the brain drain. With no more inventive and motivated workforce than found locally, he explains why so many talented individuals and leading corporations are choosing to call Michigan home.
Community Success Process – Selected Readings
“Can Ann Arbor Region Turn Talk Into Action?” Ann Arbor News, Opinion. Sunday, September 16, 2007.
“The Science of Aha!” John Carey. BusinessWeek, July 9 & 16, 2007.
