Brain Drain

What can Ohio do to stop the 'Brain Drain?!'

Central Ohio -- with 110,000 students on 11 college campuses -- is second only to Boston in students per capita, said Denny Griffith, president of the Columbus College of Art & Design and co-chairman of the initiative.

Those students, said Susan Merryman, vice president of marketing at the Columbus Chamber, represent "a skilled work force critical to the future of our community."

But a recent survey of students indicated that 51 percent of Ohioans plan to leave the state after graduation, and 79 percent of non-Ohioans plan to leave. The reasons: They feel their job prospects are better elsewhere, and that culture and leisure activities here aren't up to their desires.

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