Collaborations between higher education institutions need to move forward if Michigan's young talent is to develop the skills needed to land jobs of the future. Some colleges and universities have paved the way by partnering with other institutions to advance health sciences and pharmaceutical education.
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Developing the jobs of the future and keeping talent in the state are two big goals for Michigan right now, and higher education plays a big part in both. As schools continue to face economic and other challenges, many are finding that working together is the better way to go.
"There's a strong consensus amongst all the presidents and chancellors of the 15 public (universities in Michigan) that we need to bolster some of the relationships and partnerships that we have with a number of constituents," said Grand Valley State University President Thomas Haas, also chair of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan.
One of those constituents is community colleges, he said. Although transfer agreements between institutions have existed for many years, they've often been somewhat segmented programs, said Ed Haring, president of Kellogg Community College. Institutions work fairly independently from each other, and that's been the norm for the past 20 years, he said.
"More recently, I think, there has been an interest both on the part of community colleges and of public and private universities to work more collaboratively," Haring said.
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