Forecasting economy guesswork
SHERRY SLATER | The Journal Gazette
Useless – that s how one Indiana University economist described turning this year to the procedures he typically uses to craft an economic forecast.
“Patterns from our history of normal business cycles are essentially irrelevant,” said Willard Witte, associate professor emeritus of economics. “What we are left with is pure guesswork.”
Witte is among the experts the Indiana Business Research Center calls on each year to prepare outlooks for the global, national, state and local economies. The panelists typically travel the state to present their views in person, but the coronavirus pandemic prompted IU to preempt its roadshow and post their views online instead.
How recent events will impact Mike Pence s political future Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star
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Vice President Mike Pence is at odds with President Donald Trump after a tumultuous week on Capitol Hill, but pundits say Indiana s former governor has made all the right political moves this week.
In a rare break with Trump after four years of almost unabridged loyalty, Pence declined to intervene in the Electoral College count as Trump had demanded. But late Tuesday, Pence also ruled out invoking the 25th Amendment, which would remove Trump from power.
Earlier that day, House Democrats introduced both an impeachment article against the President and a resolution on Monday calling on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, which has never been used since it was ratified in 1967.
Colleges changing how they recruit
Much more virtual activity amid COVID
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
With their work taking them to hundreds of communities in Indiana and neighboring states, Trine University admissions counselors earned a nickname on campus – road warriors.
Their trips across the Hoosier State, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois included daytime high school visits and participation in college fairs. Those after-school college fairs gave the Angola university exposure to prospective students regardless of whether they stopped for information, said Kim Bennett, vice president for enrollment management.
The admissions counselors have gotten a new moniker as pandemic restrictions have shifted in-person efforts to virtual alternatives.