Business

Asset Backed Securitization

Eric Higgins, Professor of Finance

Provides background on the causes and consequences of the economic crisis that began in the fall of 2008.

The Economic Crisis of 2008-2009

Eric Higgins

Provides an introduction to asset backed securitization and how securitization played a role in the economic crisis of 2008-2009.

Educating the Digital Native

Roger McHaney, Professor of Management Information Systems

Digital Natives: outwardly they may not look different but the today’s young people have enjoyed access to a wide range of digital technologies such as computers, video games, cell phones, the Web, and instant messaging for their entire lives. As a result, some scientists believe they view the world differently. All these technologies may have changed them in fundamental ways, causing their neural pathways to develop uniquely. Does this mean that current educational methods need to be reexamined and updated? This presentation seeks to get new ideas from the students’ perspectives and make sense of the rapidly changing educational climate surrounding the digital native.

Entrepreneurism: The Art of Being Your Own Boss

Brian Niehoff, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Head of Management

The Future of Textbooks

Roger McHaney

With Web-based publishing, Wiki-technologies, print-on-demand services and eReader devices, the future of reading and textbook use is poised to dramatically change. This presentation takes a look at the book and how its place in education and society is nearing the greatest change since the invention of the printing press.