GR suggests Metro Gov't

[Veloise]

How do you know there isn't a need for another law school? ...

[gvsusean]

Supply and demand suggests that there are plenty of law schools. Seen the Cooley billboards?

[Veloise]

Cooley billboards = equilibrium of supply and demand? I must've slept through that class in Economics ...

[suydam]

If their classes were full, they would not need to advertise them.

[wingbert]

p.s. (So how about that metro government proposed by GR???) :-)

[Raildudes dad]

I'm all for it. As for the concern of people not wanting to lose identity to Grand Rapids - I live outside the city proper and I work in one of the 'burbs and in both cases, when asked I always reply "Grand Rapids, MI" rather than the proper names of the aforementioned locations. Can't we all just get along?

[gvsusean]

Let's try this again: Cooley has billboards all over the state hawking its program. ("Start law school in January" was running late last fall; clearly this is directed to the impulse student. Perhaps a JD is the new MBA.) If their classes were full, they would not need to advertise them.

Here's a funny song pertaining to this topic.

[Veloise]

*sigh Advertising is about recognition, getting your name around (going back to that trusty supply/demand curve; if demand increases but supply stays the same your product is more "valuable" Hence, advertising attracts customers to a finite market thus increasing its value) ... (not that it isn't handy if enrollment is down)

[egrguy]

I don't ever see this happening. If it came to a city by city vote there would have to be incentives to merge, otherwise people are comfortable with the status quo.