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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shouldn’t all of this apply to MSU as well?[/quote]

Like UVA and VT. Where there are too similar options, one of them tends to rise above because successful people want to cluster together. [/quote]

I really don’t think MSU and UofM are at all comparable[/quote]

The point is that many of the reasons cited for Michigan's rise stemmed from the state of Michigan's economy back in the day. If true, then why wouldn't MSU see a similar boost? Just playing Devil's advocate. In other words, is that really the reason for the rise or is it something else.  The automakers have invested in both universities. Granted, Ann Arbor is closer to the Detroit, but Lansing is not much farther.  So are other factors at play? Maybe that Michigan attracted more out-of-state students than MSU (precisely because MSU was a land-grant) school. It's interesting to see how the two evolved. [/quote]

MSU did start off as a classic agricultural school, training farmers & teachers. But it  gradually expanded, then rapidly expanded after WWII. Today it is huge & well-rounded, with very good business & engineering schools. While it is not as elite as U of Michigan, it has a solid reputation in the state and attracts plenty of students from other states & other countries.

What people posting here don’t seem to be aware of is that MSU established a significant branch campus near Detroit in the 1950s, which has evolved into Oakland University, now with 20,000 students. That campus is where some of MSU’s auto industry engineering & management efforts were channeled. It is located in the northern suburbs, close to the city of Pontiac, where General Motors had large facilities, close to where Chrysler moved its HQ in Auburn Hills, and not too far from GM’s enormous technology center in the city of Warren.

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I live down the road from Oakland University. Outside of UM and MSU, Oakland and Grand Valley seem to be the schools where a lot of money is going.  [/quote]

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