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New Study Highlights Nurse Practitioner Autonomy as Key to Addressing Health Care Provider Shortage

By | 07/14/2025

With the health care industry facing provider shortages amid a growing demand for quality care, a new study from researchers at Florida Atlantic University highlights how temporary expansions in nurse practitioner (NP) autonomy during the COVID-19 pandemic helped alleviate provider shortages.

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FAU BEPI Poll: Hispanic Consumers’ Spending Drops Amid Lower Economic Optimism

By | 07/10/2025

Hispanic consumers are spending less as optimism about their economic outlook dwindles amid inflation and economic uncertainty, according to a poll from the Business & Economics Polling Initiative at Florida Atlantic University.

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FAU Survey: Port Everglades Firms Signal Concerned Outlook, Labor Market Concerns Amid Tariff Uncertainty

By | 07/09/2025

– The Port Everglades business ecosystem is facing a year of labor challenges and growing concerns over tariff uncertainty, according to a survey from a supply chain management professor at Florida Atlantic University.

 


 
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FAU Receives $400,000 NSF Grant to Advance STEM Workforce Readiness

By | 09/08/2026

Florida Atlantic University has received a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to address a growing challenge facing the nation’s biotechnology and life sciences sectors: the gap between undergraduate STEM education and the skills, experiences and professional readiness expected by today’s rapidly evolving workforce.

 

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Report: Slowing Logistics Growth Raises Concerns of a Potential Economic Slowdown

By | 09/10/2026

Expansion in the supply chain is slowing as inventory growth weakens, suggesting that the inflationary effects of the current tariff and trade environment could become more apparent later this year, according to a report from researchers at Florida Atlantic University and four other universities.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 
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