Toodle-oo, 2016. With balloons about to drop and Champagne corks set to pop, we asked five experts in a variety of fields what's in store for C-U and beyond in 2017.
On the state's droopy economy
UI Professor Emeritus GEOFFREY HEWINGS says: "Over the past 12 months, the state has added 29,500 jobs at a rate of growth of 0.50 percent. The U.S. added jobs at a rate of 1.65 percent. If the state had performed at the same level as the U.S., we would have added over 100,000 jobs. Our forecasts suggest a continuation of this anemic growth in 2017, with C-U's performance mirroring that of the state.