CEOs for Cities, a national network of urban leaders dedicated to creating next generation cities that hold the answers to many of the challenges our economy faces today, has begun the Talent Divided competition. CEOs for cities is offering a $1 million prize to the city which most increases their number residents holding a college degree by September 2013.
Houston, one of few cities said to have an attractive job market at this point in time, is working hard to win the competition.
http://www.futurehouston.com/cfhf.cfm?a=cms,c,348
I think this comment is especially prevalent for the state of Michigan as scores of college graduates leave the state in search of Jobs. The state must provide some kind of incentive for its graduates to stay in the state.
ReplyDeleteWhat is a city the size of Houston going to do with $1 million?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ceosforcities.org/talent/ shows the other cities in the running...
ReplyDeleteI was all into this for a minute, but Chris makes a great point.
I also agree that Chris makes a good point. At the same time, having a great number of college grads is "winning" in and of itself, that is, if they can be employed. There must be jobs and other opportunities there in the first place to make the city attractive, so I don't see how this would benefit, or help to spur growth in cities in states like Michigan that are really struggling to retain college grads.
ReplyDeleteWhile I think this is a great idea, the city that will win will already have jobs that are desirable to college grads. Michigan needs to boost its economy and create industries that will attract college grads. It can't form job opportunities out of thin air. Also, it is probably the cities that don't have many college grads that would benefit the most from that money.
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