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The Chairperson : Faculty, Administrator And Academic And Crisis Leader, Domenick J. Pinto Mar 2023

The Chairperson : Faculty, Administrator And Academic And Crisis Leader, Domenick J. Pinto

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

For 36 years, I have witnessed the evolution of the role of chair as economic, social and student climates emerge. My workshop will summarize the challenges that chairs must now face in 2023. The session will help relatively new and new chairs observe various scenarios and discuss how to problem solve them.


The New Normal, Courtney Roszak-Moore Apr 2022

The New Normal, Courtney Roszak-Moore

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Flip the calendar back to March 2020. Economic activity went to zero and the country experienced a shutdown. Unemployment rose and people stayed home and didn’t go about their normal routine of buying things. To try and rebound the economy, the Federal Reserve issued several rounds of stimulus checks. “The economic decisions that we saw in March 2020 were driven completely by the fact that we were shut down,” said Eric Higgins, research director and the von Waaden Chair of Investment Management in the College of Business Administration. “Once the country opened back up, those issues began to go away …


Good News For The Local Economy, Rachel Skybetter May 2016

Good News For The Local Economy, Rachel Skybetter

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The national unemployment rate may be staggering, but employment opportunities are about to balloon in Manhattan, Kan.


Beef Cattle Institute Links Beef Industry And Public With Timely University Research, Information, Bethany Sanderson May 2016

Beef Cattle Institute Links Beef Industry And Public With Timely University Research, Information, Bethany Sanderson

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Last year, Kansas produced 5.4 billion pounds of beef enough to supply the roughly 300 million Americans living in the U.S. with 72 quarter-pound burgers each for an entire year.


A Bridge For Brainpower, Greg Tammen May 2016

A Bridge For Brainpower, Greg Tammen

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Kansas State University Institute for Commercialization brings technologies to industry, benefiting economies.


Perspectives On Student Loan Debt Levels: Student Loan Debt Levels And Their Implications For Borrowers, Society, And The Economy, Luke M. Cornelius, Sharon A. Frank Apr 2015

Perspectives On Student Loan Debt Levels: Student Loan Debt Levels And Their Implications For Borrowers, Society, And The Economy, Luke M. Cornelius, Sharon A. Frank

Educational Considerations

Upward mobility is a prized aspect of the American dream based upon the belief that those from humble origins can climb the socioeconomic ladder through education and hard work. Increasingly, postsecondary education is an essential component of that dream.


A Tale Of Two Fiscal Policies: Entrepreneurial And Entropic, Scott R. Sweetland Apr 2012

A Tale Of Two Fiscal Policies: Entrepreneurial And Entropic, Scott R. Sweetland

Educational Considerations

Ohio’s school finance history can be characterized as progressive. Early state funding for school libraries was apportioned from state property tax receipts and distributed to local schools on a per-pupil basis. When equalization funding was invented to help poorer school systems, Ohio adopted that model of funding.


The Changing Fabric Of Adult Basic Education In Kansas, Jeff Zacharakis Sep 2007

The Changing Fabric Of Adult Basic Education In Kansas, Jeff Zacharakis

Educational Considerations

Globalization is changing the demographic fabric of a world in which people are not only mobilizing in search of jobs and economic opportunity but so are technology and capital mobilizing in search of cheap labor.