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Old 02-28-2014, 02:25 AM
 
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This article in the Pittsburgh Business Times discusses ways in which Pittsburgh can grow its "brainpower," and it does make some valid points, but it also seems to overlook the brain gain that's right under its nose. The article seems to lament that only 17% of the 2013 graduating class at Carnegie Mellon University has stayed in Pittsburgh, but they also mention that only 15% of it is from Pennsylvania. In other words, a larger percentage of that graduating class is staying in the Pittsburgh area than is from Pennsylvania in the first place. That's a brain gain.

At the absolute minimum, 2% of that graduating class came from elsewhere and plan to stay here, but that assumes that everybody from Pennsylvania is from the Pittsburgh area, and that they all stayed after graduation. Truth is, not everybody in that graduating class from Pennsylvania is from the Pittsburgh area, and not everybody from the Pittsburgh area stayed either, which means that the percentage of people from elsewhere who are staying is more than likely closer to 10%. That's not a bad exchange at all, given that 85% of the graduating class came from elsewhere, and most people who attend college in a region of the country other than where they grew up move back to, or near, where they came from.

The exchange of new ideas happens when people move to a city from elsewhere, and also when people from that city move elsewhere. It's why migration flow is so important. The stronger the flow, the greater the exchange of ideas. Pittsburgh has improved markedly in this regard since 2000, and also at attracting newcomers. The fact that more Carnegie Mellon graduates are staying than are from here in the first place proves that. The balance used to be negative, but now it's positive, and it can get even more positive if more people outside the East End of the city open up.
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Old 02-28-2014, 04:19 AM
 
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This article in the Pittsburgh Business Times discusses ways in which Pittsburgh can grow its "brainpower," and it does make some valid points, but it also seems to overlook the brain gain that's right under its nose. The article seems to lament that only 17% of the 2013 graduating class at Carnegie Mellon University has stayed in Pittsburgh, but they also mention that only 15% of it is from Pennsylvania. In other words, a larger percentage of that graduating class is staying in the Pittsburgh area than is from Pennsylvania in the first place. That's a brain gain.

At the absolute minimum, 2% of that graduating class came from elsewhere and plan to stay here, but that assumes that everybody from Pennsylvania is from the Pittsburgh area, and that they all stayed after graduation. Truth is, not everybody in that graduating class from Pennsylvania is from the Pittsburgh area, and not everybody from the Pittsburgh area stayed either, which means that the percentage of people from elsewhere who are staying is more than likely closer to 10%. That's not a bad exchange at all, given that 85% of the graduating class came from elsewhere, and most people who attend college in a region of the country other than where they grew up move back to, or near, where they came from.

The exchange of new ideas happens when people move to a city from elsewhere, and also when people from that city move elsewhere. It's why migration flow is so important. The stronger the flow, the greater the exchange of ideas. Pittsburgh has improved markedly in this regard since 2000, and also at attracting newcomers. The fact that more Carnegie Mellon graduates are staying than are from here in the first place proves that. The balance used to be negative, but now it's positive, and it can get even more positive if more people outside the East End of the city open up.
The migration is very important for the reasons you stated. IMO the number of college grads staying is not that impressive. They need to ask the larger percentage of people leaving exactly why they left. That will give more insight as to what is lacking.
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