Jeff Abernathy, president of Alma College (MI), writes: In recent years, Michigan employers have emphasized the need for stronger learning outcomes. They say too many of today’s job candidates lack the knowledge and skills they need to be successful—which, in turn, results in a plethora of economic challenges for our state. 
Private, non-profit colleges aim for nothing less than providing an earth-changing education that prepares the leaders so needed by our increasingly divided society.