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Education At A Crisis Point

Published: September 2, 2008

The story is not new. And that’s the problem. “More Students; Shrinking Funds” and the story beneath it on page 1 is redundant, but what is new this year is the fact that Michigan now ranks as “dead last” among 50 states for college and university funding. This has transpired while every economic study by any think tank coast-to-coast ties access to higher education to a strong economy. It is what business owners across the country have said is the No. 1 necessity, far outranking tax structure.

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