July 28, 2006

Macomb needs university to compete with other counties

With 10 percent of the state's population, Macomb County needs and deserves a permanent state university, the newspaper contends in this editorial. "We cannot afford to settle for course offerings provided at an extension site by state universities located in other communities," the piece continues. The number of state dollars budgeted to universities in some other counties is cited, including $214.6 million to Wayne State in Wayne County . The newspaper points out that, apart from the public investment they bring, universities also stimulate business activity in the county in which they are located.

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