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In OPtimizing EDucation, by Dan Hurley June 10, 2025

For years, higher education advocates have touted that workers with a college degree earn an average of $1 million more over their careers compared to those whose formal education ended upon graduation from high school. That earnings marker is vastly outdated, according to a…

In OPtimizing EDucation, by Dan Hurley September 12, 2024

Talent is the currency of today’s economy, enabling states to attract and retain companies and the high-knowledge, high-income workers they employ. And talent development, especially as measured by the completion of postsecondary degrees and credentials, will become increasingly…

In Workforce Alignment, by Dan Hurley August 26, 2020

Michigan’s Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives has again gone through the process of looking at what good paying occupations are likely to witness growth in the coming years, updating its “Hot  50” job outlook through 2028. And once again, the…

In Educational Attainment, by Dan Hurley February 20, 2019

In her State of the State Address, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an ambitious and much-needed goal for Michigan to increase its postsecondary education attainment level to 60 percent by 2030, as measured by the proportion of Michiganders with a college degree or…