The University has an important visit from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) scheduled for April 23-25, 2017. This is to reaffirm our accreditation status. The HLC Steering Committee—a University Committee with appointments from bargaining units and administration—has been working for over a year to prepare for this visit.
Dirk Jasperse, a Economics and Political Science double major, had his paper “Evaluating the Impact of Library Children’s program Attendance on Circulation of Library Children’s Materials” accepted for publication in Issues in Political Economy, a peer-reviewed journal for undergraduate research in Economics.
Oscar Flores, Tonya Jo Hansen, and Economics alumni Rachel Hettich (’03) and Derek Hagen (’05) had the paper “Long-term Benefits of Undergraduate Research in Economics: A Dialogue” accepted for publication by the peer-reviewed journal Perspectives in Undergraduate Research and Mentoring. The paper describes the origin of undergraduate research in Economics at MSU Moorhead and the long-term benefits to the students […]
Oscar Flores and T.J. Hansen, Economics, had the paper “The Impact of Local Economic Conditions on the Retention of College Freshman at Regional, Public Universities in the United States” published in the December issue of Regional, Sectoral, and Economic Studies. Using six years of data for 180 public universities with a master Carnegie classification, Flores and Hansen, find support for […]
Oscar Flores and Tonya Jo Hansen, Economics, had a paper accepted for publication in the journal Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies. The paper “The Impact of Local Conditions on the Retention of College Freshman Across Regional, Public Universities in the United States” studies factors that may explain differences in retention rates across public, regional universities across the country.