Politico has a really interesting piece today about the increasingly wealthy University of Michigan student body, what that means in practical terms when it comes to economics and politics in the state, and what University leaders are doing to reverse the trend, and increase economic diversity on campus. And, interestingly, they’ve decided to tell the […]
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The University of Michigan, with an increasingly wealthy student body, sets out to return the “common man” and increase economic diversity
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Photographs, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1%, American aristocracy, Ben Edmondson, Detroit, dismantling of public education, economic segregation, Go Blue Guarantee, HAIL: High Achieving Involved Leader, higher education, inheritance tax, inherited wealth, Jake Croman, James Angell, Politico, public education, ruin porn, student debt, Tap Room, threats to public education, threats to the middle class, tuition, University of Michigan, wealth inequality, Wolverine Pathways, Ypsi High, Ypsilanti International Elementary School 33 Comments
Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Donald Harrison
Michigan filmmaker Donald Harrison, who, up until recently, ran the Ann Arbor Film Festival, just recently purchased a home in Ypsilanti, and made the move east from Ann Arbor. Here’s our official immigration interview. MARK: Remind me when we first met… It’s been well over a decade ago now, right? DONALD: Indeed, I remember first […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Awesome Foundation, Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged A League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Ann Arbor Film Festival, bowling, Charlie Chaplin, dating, Detroit Bowling Hall of Fame, Donald Harrison, Film, Harry Houdini, Henrietta Fahrenheit, Jennifer Albaum, Many Voices, Monticello, ping pong, public transportation, Risa Gotlib, San Francisco, Sharad Patel, Super Sweet Social Bowling League, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Tyler Weston, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ypsi immigration interview 15 Comments
What Ypsi’s leaders will be doing to respond to Snyder’s proposed budget
Last night, I posted something here about Rick Snyder’s proposed budget, and my hope that our City’s leaders were actively working on an aggressive response, perhaps through an organization such as SEMCOG or the Michigan Municipal League. As with our earlier posts on the subject of the budget, it’s led to some good discussion. One […]
Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics, Ypsilanti Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, Andy Dillon, Bill Rustem, Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, budget cuts, Business Leaders for Michigan, Carol Shafto, Dearborn, Ed Koryzno, Historic Preservation tax credits, Kirk Profit, looming receivorship, Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Township Association, Michigan Urban Visioning Workshop, open for business, P.A. 72, Paul Schreiber, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, SEMCOG, Summer Minnick, Taylor, the Emergency Financial Manager Act, This Is Revenue Stealing, Thomas Mullaney, urban core cities 11 Comments