The front ranks: higher education in the Detroit Region is helping to reshape our economy.Institutions of higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. across Southeast Michigan Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries, and is home to slightly over half the state's population. are embracing the future and creating a workforce that will be ready to contribute to the revitalization of our economy. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the last 10 years, for example, graduations from our advanced technology degree programs have increased 30 percent. Over one-quarter of the region's graduates complete a degree in a technologically advanced field of study, and a greater percentage of Michigan college graduates receive a degree in a math or science field than almost any other state. The revitalization of our region's economy relies on our ability to embrace the future--nanotechnology, advanced materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, , biotechnology, alternative energy and automation. Our colleges and universities are proving that they are ready not only to respond but also to help shape the region's response to our current economic challenges by offering cutting-edge workforce and research opportunities. The University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. in Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as is arguably the flagship in our region's post-secondary educational system. U.S. News and World Report currently ranks U-M U-M University of Michigan (also seen as UM) as the No. 2 public university in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . U-M's business program is regularly ranked among the top 10 in the country, its graduate engineering programs No. 6 and its medical school No. 11. Significantly, U-M's graduate industrial/manufacturing engineering program is ranked No. 2 in the United States and its graduate nuclear engineering program is No. 1. U-M is far from alone, however. Colleges and universities of all sizes--including Macomb Community College Macomb Community College is a community college with several locations in Michigan. History The Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction approved the establishment of South Macomb Community College as an extension of the traditional K-12 system in the Van Dyke and Oakland Community College Oakland Community College (OCC) is a community college established June 8 1964 in Oakland County, Michigan. It opened September 1965 with two campuses - Highland Lakes, a renovated hospital in Union Lake, and Auburn Hills, a former Army Nike missile site in Auburn Hills. , the eighth- and ninth-largest community colleges in the United States--are making huge contributions as the Detroit Region attempts to move beyond its heavy manufacturing past and embrace not only the future of manufacturing but also the future world economy. RELATED ARTICLE: Cutting-Edge Research SmallTimes magazine has named Michigan fourth in the nation for small tech innovation, up from fifth last year. Small tech innovation includes the development and applications of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. ), Microsystems and nanotechnology. Nearly every college and university in the Detroit Region has embraced this up-and-coming high-tech field by creating either a research institute or a degree program in nano- or micro-technology. Kettering University The university boasts that the majority of its' seniors are employed or accepted to graduate schools before graduation and that one out of 15 alumni either own their own business or are high-level managers in leading companies (see Notable Alumni). , Lawrence Technological University Lawrence Tech was founded in 1932 as the Lawrence Institute of Technology and adopted its current name in 1989. The school mascot is the blue devil, and the school colors are blue and white. , Oakland University History Oakland University was created in 1957 when Matilda Dodge Wilson, widow of automobile magnate John Francis Dodge, and her second husband Alfred Wilson donated their 1,500-acre estate to Michigan State University, including Meadow Brook Hall, Sunset Terrace and all the , Wayne State University Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges). and U-M are all conducting significant research in this hot topic. Alternative energy is another area of intense interest these days, and nearly every institution of higher education in our region is making significant contributions in this area. In 2003, Wayne State University offered its first course as part of its new master's degree program in Alternative Energy Technology. Last year, WSU WSU Washington State University WSU Wayne State University WSU Wichita State University WSU Wright State University WSU Weber State University WSU Western State University College of Law WSU Winona State University WSU Walter Sisulu University partnered with Detroit's NextEnergy to open its National Biofuel bi·o·fuel n. Fuel such as methane produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass and treated municipal and industrial wastes. bi Energy Lab. Lawrence Technological University has also created an Alternative Energy Engineering program with support from NextEnergy. The Detroit Region has long been a leader in the robotics industry. In fact, the Detroit Region has the greatest concentration of robotics companies in the United States. To encourage the next generation of robotics engineers, Lawrence Tech sponsors its World Robofest competition each year. K-12 students come from as far away as Singapore to compete. U-M hosts three robotics research centers while Wayne State University and Oakland University work in concert with industry to expose their students to the latest robotics technology and design solutions. With its top-notch medical school, the University of Michigan is a leader in life sciences. Indeed, more than half of the university's $750 million annual research expenditures are in life sciences. Over the last five years, U-M has invested more than $900 million in the life sciences in the form of new curriculum, new faculty and new buildings. The new hub of this effort is the Life Sciences Institute, a $230 million interdisciplinary collaboration housed in state-of-the-art wet labs at the center of the Ann Arbor campus. It stands adjacent to a new 140,000-square-foot teaching building for undergraduate science, and a 99,000-square-foot Commons building designed for meetings and small conferences. The Commons also houses the University's Bioinformaties Program. Melissa Armstrong is senior director of the Research & Information Center at the Detroit Regional Chamber and the Detroit Regional Economic Partnership.
Field of Study California Illinois Massachusetts Michigan
Biological & Life 10,006 3,164 2,956 2,701
Sciences
Computer & 10,811 5,226 3,032 3,353
Information
Sciences
Engineering 13,213 4,179 4,084 5,989
Engineering 3,324 2,266 1,172 2,761
Technicians
Health Professions 21,178 12,356 8,836 10,341
Mathematics 2,926 1,004 863 706
Physical Sciences 3,431 1,109 1,277 1,010
Total Math & Science 64,889 29,304 22,220 26,861
Graduations
Total Graduations 311,085 142,137 92,014 102,143
20.9% 20.6% 24.1% 26.3%
Field of Study New York North Carolina Ohio Texas
Biological & Life 5,303 2,703 2,705 5,848
Sciences
Computer & 10,298 2,833 3,546 5,481
Information
Sciences
Engineering 7,442 2,449 4,489 7,298
Engineering 2,982 1,565 3,054 4,137
Technicians
Health Professions 24,127 8,948 13,011 17,113
Mathematics 1,893 563 733 1,524
Physical Sciences 2,308 979 1,126 1,619
Total Math & Science 54,353 20,040 28,864 43,020
Graduations
Total Graduations 246,249 72,577 85,071 172,169
22.1% 27.6% 33.7% 25.0%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics and the Detroit
Regional Chamber Research & Information Center.
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