Center for regional studies
KU has a fact finder
By ROSE MARIE LEE
Who do interested persons in such fields as agriculture, business, education, government, and labor turn to for factual information on regional growth and development?
Who conducts studies to promote regional economic growth and to create more employment and higher living standards for Kansans?
Who works to prevent regional economic adversities by formulating and implementing rational planning measures that produce strong and viable regional economics?
THERE IS AN organization at KU that is concerned with such matters -The Center for Regional Studies, at 210 Summerfield. David L. Huff, a vibrant, cerdial, young-looking scholar is the director of the center.
The Center was established in 1965 by the KU Board of Regents to study the process of regional growth and development. "While primary attention is to be focused on the State of Kansas, the aim is to provide information which is beneficial to other regions as well." Huff said.
Huff, who received his doctorate from the University of Washington, said two general areas of information are necessary before economic adversities can be prevented and regional economic growth promoted.
First, the strengths and weaknesses of the region must be discovered; and secondly, the likely outcome of various programs to strengthen the region's economy must be investigated.
THE CENTER PROMOTES an exchange of ideas, concepts and research methods of regional studies between such diverse departments as economics, psychology, architecture, and sociology.
The Kansas Business Review, a data bank and technical assistance are some of the services offered by the Center.
The data bank. Huff said, "serves as a depository for regional data collected directly by the center, by individuals or by other research organizations including governmental agencies. The data is in published form as well as on punched cards and magnetic tapes.
Technical assistance in research projects is available to KU faculty members. The service includes determining the proper sample size and design for a survey, questionnaire construction, consultation in preparing and executing computer programs and assistance in interpreting and clarifying mathematical and statistical material.
INDIVIDUALS AS well as private and public agencies may receive economic and business information, Huff said.
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The Center compiles and publishes annually the "Statistical Abstract of Kansas." This publication "provides meaningful data on a continuing basis for evaluating the state's strengths and weaknesses," Huff said.
Present research includes a regional pilot study of medical planning, a population forecast of Kansas, and a study estimating bias in location decisions.
The Center maintains three important publication series; a monograph series, a reprint series, and a working paper series of studies that are not ready to be published yet.
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