Strada advised state and local governments to invest in public higher education to meet workforce needs. In Michigan, 78% of the college-educated workforce either grew up there and attended college locally or moved to the state for college. Among college graduates who recently elected to move states, 51% cited economic opportunity as their primary motivator, making it the most commonly cited reason. About two-thirds of graduates who attended public institutions with “broad-access admissions” stayed in state for college and continued to work there after graduation. And almost 80% of Coppin State’s graduates stay in Maryland, Jenkins said.