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Columbus shows gains in keeping college graduates
Monday, January 24, 2011
BY MARK FERENCHIK
The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus might not be shedding college graduates like it had in previous years, and that bodes well for a city that has struggled to keep its best and brightest.
A Brookings Institution study released this month shows that metropolitan Columbus gained residents 25 and older with college degrees at a rate of 0.16 percent between 2007 and 2009.
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More from Dr. Bill Lafayette, VP of Economic Analysis at the Columbus Chamber - Dispatch Editorial:
A recent Brookings Institution study, cited in the Jan. 25 Dispatch story “College grads sticking around,†suggested that a poor economy is the reason more people are staying put after graduation. As I was quoted in the article, the housing slump might be a factor in this decision nationwide.
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