The Alabama housing market will start 2008 with about 43,000 houses up for sale – 8,000 more than last year, says Grayson Glaze, executive director of the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama.
Water, or more precisely the lack of it, will be on everyone’s mind in 2008, predicts a University of Alabama climatologist.
The 2008 Alabama legislative session promises to be fraught with partisan bickering, a University of Alabama political scientist predicts.
A University of Alabama engineering professor predicts hybrids, diesels and biofuels will remain the big issues in the automotive market for 2008.
Drug-resistant infections, including the headline-grabbing MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), will continue to be a top concern for health-care providers in 2008, says a University of Alabama health expert.
Baby Boomers are likely to flock to Asia in increasing numbers in the year ahead in search of respect that’s often gone unpaid in the United States, says a University of Alabama professor with expertise in Chinese business management.
The use of online venues for protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will continue to gain steam as the conflicts drag on, predicts a University of Alabama social change expert.
Free cell phone service? That’s one of many ideas that will be kicked around in coming months, says Dr. Michael Hardin, associate dean for research at the Culverhouse College of Commerce and professor of statistics at The University of Alabama.
The “No Child Left Behind” Act will be reauthorized in 2008 but with some significant changes, predicts Dr. Joyce Stallworth, professor of education at The University of Alabama.
Surprise, surprise. Things will be less than rosy for Alabama’s economy over the next 12 months or so, according to Ahmad Ijaz, economic analyst at the Center for Business and Economic Research at The University of Alabama.