<p>Well if reading makes you an authority, then many Americans can be authorities in many fields which they never experienced. I guess if I read enough business management books maybe I should be a CEO.</p>
<p>I don't dispute hat UW-M is a great school, but, you seem to be quite a homer that it is the best school or going to such a school is necessary for a career in biotech. </p>
<p>Many schools have turned academic research into products but to say that if you do not go to certain schools you cannot get a job in this industry is a blatent misnomer. There are many in the industry who came from random no name schools that I never heard of and I've seen Cornell grads who lacked basic common sense and were out performed by ASU grads. </p>
<p>No one just hands you a job because of the school you went to, even if its MIT or Stanford. </p>
<p>What does 25,000 alums in CA have to anything? Many people want to move to CA in general if you had cold winters like Wisconsin does. Wisconsin also has a large undergrad population and over time it would seem natural that they would leave the state for areas that would be better for job oppertunities.</p>