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Business Leaders’ Insights: How Higher Education Can Help Michigan Become a Top Ten State

Business Leaders’ Insights: How Higher Education Can Help Michigan Become a Top Ten State
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2015
By blmdev

This report explores the specific contributions made by Michigan’s higher education sector and discusses the strong and growing need for quality postsecondary options. It builds on recent recommendations for performance-based funding and provides a multi-pronged approach for accelerating the pace toward Top Ten educational attainment. This report also details how higher education can help create more jobs in Michigan.
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