Posts Tagged ‘Carsey Institute’
Among Comings and Goings, UVM and Carsey Institute Name Interim Chiefs; Former Unity Prez Seeks Sustainability Leaders at Second Nature
by John O. Harney
July 29, 2011
University of Vermont trustees named former Provost A. John Bramley to serve as interim president, beginning Aug. 1. He will succeed Daniel Fogel, who is resigning the presidency after nine years in charge and will join the UVM faculty. Bramley, himself a longstanding member of the UVM faculty, served as acting president in 2006 when ...
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Working Wives’ Contributions to Total Family Income Rising, Says Carsey Institute
by Darrell P. Aaron
October 15, 2010
Employed wives brought home 47% of their family's total earnings in 2009, up from 45% in 2008, according to a new report by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
That “marks the largest single-year increase in 15 years,” according to the report Wives as Breadwinners: Wives’ Share of Family Earnings Hits Historic High ...
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One in 10 N.H. Households Experiences Food Insecurity
by Christine Cassis
June 15, 2010
Access to healthy food is becoming increasingly difficult in some parts of New Hampshire, as grocery stores relocate and consolidate to cut down on costs, leaving some Granite State residents completely dependent on convenience and corner stores for basic goods.
The new study by Nena Stracuzzi and Sally Ward of ...
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Flexibility is Key for Working Parents
by Christine Cassis
June 9, 2010
Flexibility with work is key to maintaining the "work-life balance" issue with which many parents struggle. Nearly a quarter of working parents have passed up promotions because of issues relating to flexibility, according to a report produced by the Carsey Institute, UNH Cooperative Extension and New Hampshire Employment Security this week ...
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Maine Chancellor Pattenaude Won’t Seek Contract Extension, Duncan to Leave Carsey Institute
by John O. Harney
May 20, 2011
University of Maine System Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude planned to tell system trustees that he will not seek an extension of his current contract, which expires next year at the end of June. Pattenaude has served as chancellor since 2007 and, before that, was president of the University of Southern Maine for 16 years. In ...
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