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    Black Belt Manufacturing and Economic Prospects
    Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Bowen, Jonathan; Corley, Emily Grace; Keeney, Noel E.; Whann, Hunter; Jacobs, Emily; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
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    COVID-19 and Alabama’s Black Belt
    Corley, Emily Grace; Till, Garrett; O'Brien, Sean; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J.; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
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    The Economic & Social Impacts of Alabama Public Higher Education
    Katsinas, Stephen G.; Koh, Jonathan P.; Murphy, David S.; Lacey, Vincent A.; Fincher, Mark E.; DeMonBrun, R. Matthew; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Breaux, Arleene P.; Malley, Michael S. Jr.; Adair, J. Lucas; Shedd, Louis E.; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
    The Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama has completed an objective analysis to determine whether there is a quantifiable relationship between the funding of Alabama’s universities and the per capita income of Alabama’s citizens. The study revealed a statistically signifcant relationship. Alabama’s state-wide per capita income rises in direct proportion to Alabama’s funding of its public higher education institutions. Alabama gains a quantifiable return on its investment in higher education. Simply put, the more Alabama spends on universities, the better off Alabamians will be.
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    Empowering Futures: Expanding Educational Opportunities in Alabama's Black Belt
    (2025) Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Till, Garrett A.; Fincher, Mark; Keeney, Noel E.; Lohrmeyer, Trinity P.; Vlacovsky, Henry N.
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    Halfway Home and a Long Way To Go: Bridging Persistent Poverty Gap in Alabama’s Black Belt
    (2025) Katsinas, Stephen G.; Till, Garrett A.; Peterson, Joscelyn; Keeney, Noel E.; Kelly, Patrick J.; Bray, Nathaniel J.
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    Healthcare in Alabama’s Black Belt: Impacts of Potential Medicaid Cuts
    (2025) Till, Garrett A.; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Vlacovsky, Henry N.; Keeney, Noel E.; Ogunniran, Moses O.; Peterson, Joscelyn K. J.
    The evidence from expansion states demonstrates that Medicaid expansion is not only beneficial for public health but also economically advantageous. For the Black Belt, where healthcare disparities are most acute, expansion could be transformative, increasing access to care, creating jobs, preventing hospital closures, and injecting much-needed resources into struggling rural economies. As Alabama continues to navigate healthcare policy decisions, the impact on its most vulnerable communities must be a primary consideration. The health of the Black Belt reflects the health of Alabama as a whole, and investments in equitable healthcare access today will yield dividends in improved health outcomes, economic vitality, and quality of life for generations to come.
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    Infrastructure in Alabama’s Black Belt
    Katsinas, Stephen G.; Corley, Emily Grace; Till, Garrett; O'Brien, Sean; Bray, Nathaniel J.; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
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    Profiles of Community Leaders in the Black Belt
    Corley, Emily Grace; Till, Garrett; Shettles, Sally Grace; O'Brien, Sean; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Katsinas, Stephen G.; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
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    A Study of Pell Grants in Alabama
    (Education Policy Center, 2012-11-26) Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Koh, Jonathan P.; Grant, Phillip D.; Alabama Commission on Higher Education; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
    Participation in the most basic national program to provide access to college, the federal Pell Grant program, has increased by 50% since 2008, from 6 million to 9 million students. The timing of these Pell increases could not have been better for Alabama students and families, coming at the precise time as the nation entered a lengthy period of high unemployment.The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is the non-partisan federal agency that determines when recessions officially start and end. The NBER affixed June 2007 as the recession’s start. In July 2007, as Table 1 shows, the unemployment rate was above 5% in 12 states. By July of 2009 it was below 5% in just 1 state; and had jumped to above 5% in 49 states. It has remained above 5% nationally and in Alabama since then.