California Lutheran University hires new president
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Dubroff: Pandemic forces universities to rethink how they educate
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COVID-19 pandemic hurting mental health
Regional mental health is sure to take a massive hit during a disaster whether the disaster is manmade, natural or viral. To help people through the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health organizations in the Tri-Counties are working overtime. Jamie Banker, a professor of psychology at California Lutheran University, is training therapists and working as a volunteer Read More →
Apfelthaler: Will COVID-19 end globalization?
By Gerhard Apfelthaler It is the year 1000. Traders are crossing oceans to Arabia, East Africa, India and China. The Vikings are sailing to Canada, and the Maya are exploring lands as far as Colombia and today’s Mississippi River Valley. This is when globalization began, asserts author Valerie Hansen in a book published this year. Read More →
Vaiman: Autonomy, pay, recognition keys to retaining talent
By Vlad Vaiman I have been studying what keeps the best employees within organizations for more than 15 years now. Exciting and challenging work and career-growth opportunities are the two most important factors. But I encourage employers to pay attention to the next three on the list as well: autonomy, fair pay and recognition. • Read More →
Damooei: Poverty is a lethal human-made disease
By Jamshid Damooei What makes us human is an important question, and the answer is not always clear. If life is a microcosm of our natural world, what place does our way of life hold and where does economics appear on the scene? I have been wrestling with this question for a big part of Read More →
CLU economists say short lockdown key to small business survival
A new report from the Center for Economic Research & Forecasting at California Lutheran University underscores the ferocity of the debate around re-opening the economy. CERF forecasters Matthew Fienup and Dan Hamilton now project a stunning, nearly 20 percent drop in GDP and Great Depression levels of job losses, followed by a long, slow U-shaped Read More →
