Michigan's Economic Competitiveness and Public Policy, recently published by the W.E. Upjohn Insitute, isn't the first report to say that the Great Lakes state must target public investments to improve higher education and boost quality of life if it intends to remain relevant in the global economy. It's just the latest.
The Ann Arbor-based think tank Michigan Future, Inc published A New Agenda for a New Michigan in June 2006.
And Dr. James Duderstadt, the former president of the University of Michigan, published his thoughts on the matter in an October 2005 report.
What's missing is the political leadership and courage to act for change.
