CBER Employment Opportunities

• Research Associate II  (posted May 11, 2011)

CBER News and Events

• Dr. Bill Fox has been appointed a Chancellor's Professor, the highest lifetime honor that can be accorded to a member of the faculty of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  This new designation recognizes extraordinary, nationally or internationally recognized, scholarly attainment in an individual discipline or field as well as a record of excellence in teaching and service to the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee.

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Current Publications

• Families First 2010 Case Characteristics Study, Prepared for the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
• Population Projections for Tennessee and Counties by Gender and Age Group, 2015-2040  
• Tennessee Business and Economic Outlook, Spring 2011
  
• Academic Program Supply and Occupational Demand Projections: 2008-2018
• Basic Education Program 2.0 (BEP) County Fiscal Capacity Inputs: 2011  
• 2010 Census Population for Tennessee Counties Data and map
  
• A Forecast of Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Expenditures, (A joint publication of CBER-UT, the TN Higher Education Commission, and the TN Student Assistance Corporation)  
• The Impact of TennCare: A Survey of Recipients, 2010
• Subcounty (Place) Population Data for Tennessee, 2009 
• Supply and Demand for Teachers in Tennessee.  (A joint publication of CBER-UT, & TN Department of Education, & TN Higher Education Commission)  
• Business Attitudes Towards Education in Tennessee
• Education Crossroads (A Report for the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury)

Current Economic Indicators

U.S. Unemployment Rate (SA) 0.1 pts (9.1% May 2011)	U.S. Consumer Price Index 0.2% (May 2011 SA Index 224.8)
TN Unemployment Rate (SA) 0.1 pt (9.7%(p) May 2011)	U.S. Consumer Confidence® Index   3.2 pts (June 2011 Index 58.5, 1985=100)
U.S. Payroll Employment 54,000(p) in May 2011	U.S. Leading Index 0.8% (May 2011 Index: 114.7, 2004=100)
U.S. Average Hourly Earnings $0.06(p) in May 2011	TN Unemployment Insurance Claims 15.2% (32,090 Initial Claims, May 2011)
p preliminary / SA seasonally adjusted / pts points month-to-month change:  increase     decrease     no change