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Undergraduate enrollment in the Turner College stood at 881 students in the Fall of 2024. One year later, now in Fall of 2025, Turner College enrollment stands at 823 students. This drop of 58 students represents a 6.6% decrease in the Turner College's undergraduate enrollment. As the table below also indicates, over this same time period there has been a 10.3% decline in the number of accounting majors, a 5.4% decline in the number of general business majors, an 11.4% decline in the number of MIS majors, a 5.9% decline in the number of management majors, and a 14.5% decline in the number of marketing majors. Along with these declines, there has been a 5.6% increase in the number of finance majors.  The numbers above also indicate that since Fall of 2024 the share of finance majors represented by online students has risen from 18.7% to 28.3%, the share of general business majors represented by online students has risen from 28.2% to 33.7%, the share of MIS majors represented by onl...

The 40th Annual Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens is set for Saturday, November 15, 2025. Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens is a  non-profit organization and proceeds from the event are used to support arts related organizations in the Greater Columbus area. Given this focus, the event represents a great opportunity for Turner College students to volunteer in the local community. Students who are interested may scan the QR code in the image above to register as a volunteer. Volunteers for the event will receive a volunteer t-shirt and free food. Hope to see you there.

In the fall of 2020, just as his father, former U.S. Senator and Vice President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, was ascending to the Presidency of the United States, Robert Hunter Biden was being introduced to the art world as its latest phenom. A new study by Turner College economist Frank Mixon examines the market for Hunter Biden’s art, with an eye toward its value as a rent seeking device that benefitted Hunter and the wider Biden family. More specifically, Mixon's study asserts that the usefulness of Hunter Biden’s art sales as a rent- or transfer-seeking tool is supported by three empirical observations. First, Hunter Biden’s paintings did not hit the art world to critical acclaim. In fact, the quality of his artwork has been widely panned by esteemed art critics from around the globe (e.g.,  Sebastian Smee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for The Washington Post ),  many of whom described their dismay at both its asking and transaction prices. Second,...

If you've been following Turner Business lately you will have noticed that where possible we are now posting news about faculty research projects before they are published by academic journals. This is being done to avoid delays in letting you know what our faculty are working on in terms of research. Later, when that research is published, we will circle back around and provide those details in what we are titling "Turner College Research Update." This is the first installment in that new series. Although it's too soon to report on a publication at this point, there are some research items to cover in this one. For example, our recent interview with MIS professor Yoon Lee indicates that he is one of only six Turner College faculty who published in an A-rated journal during 2024, the year used to determine the recent merit raise recipients. Since that point was mentioned in the interview, the table below provides the omitted details. Lee's 2024 publication in t...

A recent study by Turner College adjunct management professor Hyeran Choi and Ga Woon Ban of the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training that appears in the International Economic Journal presents an international comparison of the relationship between employee skills and labor market performance. As Choi and Ban explain, human capital theory emphasizes that skills have a positive effect on labor market performance, which is evident in most countries. However, skill levels do not have a positive impact on employability and wage in South Korea, unlike other OECD countries. Choi and Ban use data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to analyze how various skill dimensions influence employment outcomes and wage levels. The authors combine regression-based analysis with a repeated sampling approach and find that policies focusing solely on the supply side of skills, such as expanding education and training, may have a lim...

Turner College MIS professor Yoon Lee has experienced significant research success since 2022 and is now one of the organization's leaders in this regard. We recently visited with Lee to discuss his research endeavors. The transcript of that visit appears below . TB: ‎Since 2022, you have published at least three papers appearing in A-rated journals. One of these is forthcoming in Information Systems Frontiers , which I saw just today via a Google Scholar notification as it now appears on the journal's webpage. This paper predicts Altcoin prices in cryptocurrency bear markets. How did you get involved in this line of research? YL: One of my key research areas and interests is the application of AI/ML-based data analysis techniques to real-world business problems. Predicting stock or cryptocurrency prices is one of the most challenging tasks in finance and data analytics domains, and in particular, understanding the movement of cryptocurrency prices during a bear market is of...

[ The View from 30,000 Feet  is an occasional entry that offers a big-picture view of some of the topics covered on this blog.] A Google search of the phrase "employee morale strategic management" returns the following AI response: " Strategic management of employee morale involves a continuous, multifaceted approach including fostering open communication and transparency, providing opportunities for growth and development, recognizing and appreciating employee contributions, empowering managers to lead empathetically, promoting flexibility and well-being, and actively listening to and incorporating employee feedback to build trust and a positive, high-performing work environment." A search of that phrase seems relevant to the recent news that USG institutions  can now include final exam meeting time as part of instructional time, meaning that CSU's current 16-week semester will become a 15-week semester. As indicated there, this new rule brings  the USG in lin...