This is an effort that probably has to be made, but I'm not sure how successful it will be:
A 2003 U.S. Census study found that from 1995 to 2000, Indiana lost more college-educated people than almost any state. Ranking 44th in the nation, the state saw 17,379 grads come into the state, while 31,713 left. Just 21.5 percent of the state's residents have a bachelor's degree.Daniels soon plans to go on a mission to major cities, like Chicago, Denver, Phoenix and Los Angeles, to try to lure Hoosier expatriates back.
If you read the story about those who came back to Indiana, you find some common elements. People miss their families or want the kind of houses they can't afford elsewhere or think their business skills will be more competitive here or just get tired of the bright lights they left to find. They get to a point in their personal journeys at which they realize something is missing. They have epiphanies, in other words, which probably can't be prodded by a governor's lectures.
