In Detroit, there is a focus on how things used to be. In Indianapolis, there's probably an optimism about what the world will be.

We are striving ever more to globalize our curriculum. We are seeking to get more international students and more international involvement in the advisory boards.

Our accounting faculty has done a terrific job building an innovative and practical curriculum.

A city not in the market for students will try to maintain the number of public sector employees instead of provide a higher level of services.

We are very happy to be ranked with some of the best schools in the country. It speaks well of our students and faculty and the values we have.

It's very nice to get the recognition and to be listed among some of the very best schools in the country and in the world. We are producing a very high quality of students and recruiters love them.

We've been spending a lot of time in the shop working on equipment. Everything is spit-shined and ready to go, but there's nowhere to go because the ground is so wet.

I look at this number as a sign of how competitive the city is.

The most distressing news is from the Northeast and Midwest. White retirement is heading south without a compensating inflow of people and fewer births because of fewer immigrants.