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Celeste Carruthers
Celeste Carruthers, a professor at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business who has extensively researched the state’s tuition-free programs, said Tennessee had done several things right. The first was keeping the program simple. “The crystal-clear message that college is free if you follow these steps and go to these places cuts through a lot of the clutter and opaqueness,” Dr. Carruthers said.
Does Free College Work?
The New York Times
Don Bruce
Downtown Knoxville's food and bar scene has a handful of entrepreneurs who have consolidated business in the city’s core. They maintain a large downtown footprint that is hard to ignore. ... "I don't think it's uncommon," said Donald Bruce, associate director for the Boyd Center for Business & Economic Research at the University of Tennessee. "What we're talking about are visible businesses. There are hundreds of businesses in Knoxville that just aren't as visible."
How 'portfolio players' impact 'little guys' in downtown Knoxville's food and bar scene
Knoxville News Sentinel
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