<p>If I could edit my post I would. For some reason I thought it was over 50 percent. Either way, we can all agree 37 percent and growing is very alarming. One long-term impact is that the grads that leave never return to the state of Michigan. So their children, which are very high potential with parent(s) of high socio-economic status, are never enrolled in Michigan high schools. University of Michigan is in turn losing out on those high potential applicants. That’s just one long-term impact.</p>