This week’s “50 CEO’s on the D: Detroit Renaissance Reports” podcast features Gary Russi, President of Oakland University.

In this discussion, host Doug Rothwell speaks to Gary Russi about the things Oakland University and other area schools are doing to actively engage students in the community, in order to stop the area’s brain drain. Russi explains that universities must demonstrate to the public how learning goes beyond the classroom and into the community by creating programs and opportunities for students in order to help bolster economic growth.