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DAVID L. MAJOR, 50 University of Miami, Miami
When Major joined the faculty of the University of Miami in 2019, it was a homecoming for the associate professor of professional practice. Major was born and raised in Miami, and his late mother worked in child care at the university, where he would head when his school day finished. “When I would get out of elementary school, I would spend my time running around that campus,” he says.
Now he’s teaching management and strategy classes in UM’s MBA program, where he takes an interactive approach in the classroom. “I make participation a huge part of my classes,” he says. “When it comes to strategy, it’s not black and white. There is so much in terms of gray areas, so talking through that is hugely important.”
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FGCU study shows SWFL housing market still benefiting during pandemic
Published: February 1, 2021 10:58 PM EST
Updated: February 1, 2021 11:11 PM EST
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According to a new report from FGCU, Southwest Florida’s economy has a promising side effect from the pandemic.
It says single-family home building permits went up 39%. Home sales up 37% and home prices up 13 to 30%.
An economic expert says, thanks to low interest rates during the pandemic, more people are upgrading or buying new homes, especially since more people need office space to work from home.
“One of the big things we’re seeing here is early retirees moving, plus people who could work from home remotely also making this move to Southwest Florida,” said Amir Neto, the interim director Regional Economic Research Institute in the Lutgert College of Business at FGCU.