Old show reviews, mi, 90's

Domino's Pizza Inc. President and CEO J. Patrick Doyle gave a pop quiz Monday to the 350 officials from business, education and government who attended the Business Leaders for Michigan higher education summit at the Lansing Center.

More than a third of incoming college students in Michigan take high school-level classes on campus -- essentially repeating material they should have learned before they got their diplomas.

The good news: Low-income students are enrolling in Michigan colleges at a record rate. The bad news: Many of them won't leave with degrees.

Recovery from Michigan's Lost Decade is well under way, but the road remains long and uncertain. It will be many years before the state can restore all of the critical investments that were hacked away without much strategic consideration during the bloody budget cutting frenzy.

RT @freep: 51st state? Yoopers are talking up secession from Michigan again #michigan

Cool story from the NYT about Muslim girls in Hamtramck, Michigan, who held an all-girls prom.

The pizza guy, the office furniture guy, the chemistry guy … they have more in common than you know. The leaders of Michigan’s Domino’s Pizza, Steelcase and Dow are coming together to talk about higher education.

Getting people to rethink the role of higher education in their community -- particularly, access to college -- are the major goals of a special forum at Lake Michigan College next month.