President Stuart Rayfield has appointed Dustin Anderson as Columbus State University’s new provost, executive vice president and chief academic officer. Currently the associate provost for student success & academic programs at Georgia Southern University, Anderson officially begins his CSU tenure today. As a senior university leader and member of the president’s Executive Leadership Team, Anderson will lead the university’s academic enterprise, overseeing a total Academic Affairs budget of $54.7 million and a team of more than 450 faculty and staff. This includes the academic colleges and deans; research, outreach and faculty development centers; and affiliated administrative units. “Dr. Dustin Anderson brings a strong track record of academic leadership and innovation, and a demonstrated commitment to student success, after 15 years as an educator and administrator at Georgia Southern,” Rayfield said. “I am confident he will help us further advance Columbus State’s str...
Turner College Economist Ranked Among World Leaders in Economic Education and Education Economics Research
An academic study by a researcher at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies that conducts a bibliometric analysis of more than 8,600 publications (from 2000 to 2020) in the areas of economic education and education economics reports that Turner College economist Frank Mixon has been one of the most consistent research producers worldwide. As the study states, "The affiliations of the most prolific authors reflect strong contributions from globally renowned institutions, often located in the most research-active countries. For instance, KimMarie McGoldrick and Franklin Mixon are . . . affiliated with universities in the United States . . . [and] are among the top contributors." Both McGoldrick, who is affiliated with the University of Richmond, and Mixon are each among the 10 most prolific scholars analyzed in the study, which appears in a recent issue of Economics and Applied Informatics .