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Item 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.Item 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.Item K-12 STEM Education in Alabama’s Black BeltO'Brien, Sean; Corley, Emily Grace; Till, Garrett; Courchesne, Eric; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem COVID-19 and Alabama’s Black BeltCorley, Emily Grace; Till, Garrett; O'Brien, Sean; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J.; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Poverty, Housing, & GDP in Alabama’s Black BeltKatsinas, Stephen G.; Till, Garrett; Corley, Emily Grace; O'Brien, Sean; Courchesne, Eric; Bray, Nathaniel; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Educational Attainment, Community College, and Transfer in the Black BeltTill, Garrett; Corley, Emily Grace; O'Brien, Sean; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Infrastructure in Alabama’s Black BeltKatsinas, Stephen G.; Corley, Emily Grace; Till, Garrett; O'Brien, Sean; Bray, Nathaniel J.; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Profiles of Community Leaders in the Black BeltCorley, Emily Grace; Till, Garrett; Shettles, Sally Grace; O'Brien, Sean; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Katsinas, Stephen G.; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Black Belt Manufacturing and Economic ProspectsKatsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Bowen, Jonathan; Corley, Emily Grace; Keeney, Noel E.; Whann, Hunter; Jacobs, Emily; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Internet Access Disparities in Alabama & the Black BeltKatsinas, Stephen G.; Keeney, Noel E.; Jacobs, Emily; Corley, Emily Grace; Whann, Hunter; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Access to Early Childhood Interventions and First Class Pre-K in Alabama & the Black Belt RegionWhann, Hunter; Keeney, Noel E.; Jacobs, Emily; Katsinas, Stephen G.; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Healthcare: A Key Challenge in Alabama’s Black BeltJacobs, Emily; Whann, Hunter; Corley, Emily Grace; Bowen, Jonathan; Keeney, Noel; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Defining Alabama’s Black Belt RegionKatsinas, Stephen G.; Keeney, Noel E.; Jacobs, Emily; Whann, Hunter; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem The Black Belt’s Labor Force Participation Lags Behind the Rest of Alabama & the NationKatsinas, Stephen G.; Keeney, Noel E.; Jacobs, Emily; Whann, Hunter; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem Persistent Unemployment in the Black BeltWhann, Hunter D.; Keeney, Noel E.; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Jacobs, Emily; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem School Enrollment in Alabama’s Black Belt Continues to Decline(Education Policy Center) Katsinas, Stephen G.; Keeney, Noel E.; Jacobs, Emily; Whann, Hunter; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem The Growing Impact of New Pell Grant Funding: A Statewide Profile of Iowa's Community CollegesHagedorn, Linda Serra; Mensel, R. Frank; Friedel, Janice N.; Lui, Joyce; Smith, Dustin; Tarrant, Melissa; Kilgo, Rhonda; Clark, Chad; Katsinas, Stephen G.; University of Alabama TuscaloosaItem The Economic & Social Impacts of Alabama Public Higher EducationKatsinas, 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 TuscaloosaThe 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.Item 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 TuscaloosaParticipation 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.Item Performance Versus Promises: An Evaluation of Teach for America's Research Page(Education Policy Center, 2013-07) Kovacs, Philip; Slate-Young, Erica; University of Alabama TuscaloosaTeach for America is a widely praised program that puts teachers, usually liberal arts graduates from highly selective colleges and universities with minimal pedagogical training, into school classrooms.After laying off 300 veteran teachers in what was billed as a necessary budgetary move, Huntsville City Schools Board of Education announced a program to add TFA teachers which would cost a minimum of $700,000. This amount would eventually increase to $1.7 million. The contract stipulation that at least 170 TFA recruits would be hired in four, years makes the possible salary expense close to $ 2 million.