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Ideas with Impact

Learn more about how faculty in the College of Business are having a positive impact on our region

Debra Burke

Federal Agricultural Mediation Programs Should Be Continued, Expanded

A federal program created by Congress in 1987 to help America鈥檚 farmers navigate economic challenges that threaten their livelihoods and endanger the nation鈥檚 food supply by providing them with access to mediation services as a way to resolve legal disputes should be continued and, in fact, expanded.  

Sean Mulholland

91热爆网 free enterprise center has new director, new focus on undergraduate research

Western Carolina University鈥檚 Center for the Study of Free Enterprise, founded in 2015 as a hub for interdisciplinary scholarly inquiry and community engagement in the areas of economic development, applied research and the role of free enterprise in a flourishing society, is in the early phases of a metamorphosis with a new director and a focus on undergraduate student research.  

Heidi Dent

Students Can Improve Emotional Intelligence

Research being conducted by a marketing professor in Western Carolina University鈥檚 College of Business may shed light on how students can improve their own emotional awareness and develop the so-called 鈥渟oft skills鈥� that many of today鈥檚 employers desire.  

Vittal Anantatmula

New Handbook Aims to Improve Project Performance

The handbook is aimed at an audience including professors, doctoral students, graduate students and other research scholars in project management and related professions.  

Angela Dills

Increased School Choice May Improve Student Mental Health

A groundbreaking study co-authored by a Western Carolina University professor of economics indicates that increased school choice may result in improvements in student mental health, with fewer incidents of adolescent suicide and a lower likelihood of mental health issues later in life.  

Hossein Fazilatfar

Recent Book Shines Light on International Arbitration Issue

A book written by Hossein Fazilatfar, assistant professor of business law at Western Carolina University, on what experts have called one of the most pressing issues in the field of international arbitration is winning rave reviews from legal scholars and attorneys from international law firms alike.