The impact of the collapse of Michigan’s auto-driven economy keeps rolling in. As Ron French reports in The Detroit News, our state suffered a net loss of 109,000 last year, and many (most) of them were the college-educated we need. Half of all graduates from Michigan’s public universities leave the state within a year after [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Calvin College’
Fleeing Michigan
Posted in Communty, Economy, tagged Calvin College, Center for Michigan, GVSU, Michigan Future on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Path Ahead
Posted in Michigan, tagged Calvin College, Economy, Globalization on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the under-appreciated impacts of globalization is the emotional cost that hammers our communities. As Richard Longworth’s Caught in the Middle explains, our region has been ripped apart by the forces of globalization. The tight weave of industry and agriculture is now left rather tattered. With the loss of jobs comes [...]
What’s with Calvin?
Posted in Communty, tagged Calvin College, David La Grand, Matthew 25, MI 72, Republican Party on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
NOTE: for those outside the Dutch community of W. Michigan — this post picks up a more inside game. Thanks for understanding.
Any discussion of life in West Michigan inevitably turns to the impact of the Dutch and that little college of theirs out on the Beltline. Calvin has been a home to progressive [...]
