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MJC’s Free Market Scholars Program is garnering national media attention

The Johnson Center's Dr. Allen Mendenhall is getting attention for the new Free Market Scholars Program.

The Johnson Center's Dr. Allen Mendenhall is getting attention for the new Free Market Scholars Program.

A Sorrell College of Business program is garnering national media attention for its focus on free market economic principles. 

Outlets such as Fox News, Breitbart, The College Fix, Bill O’Reilly and others have covered the Free Enterprise Scholars Program, which completed its first semester this past fall. Led by Associate Dean and Grady Rosier Professor of Economics Dr. Allen Mendenhall, the…

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Defense of free enterprise is ultimate goal of grant given to the Johnson Center for Political Economy

A grant from the Bradley Foundation will help the MJC expand academic programs.

A grant from the Bradley Foundation will help the MJC expand academic programs.

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation has awarded the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University a $100,000 grant for programming that defends free enterprise and honorable business practices that produce profitable companies.

The MJC’s Free Enterprise Scholars Program educates business majors in the morality of capitalism and studies the unethical practices…

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Purdue president says relevancy of the ‘sheepskin’ must be proven for colleges to stay viable in today’s market

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels provided the keynote address at a Manley Johnson Center event in Birmingham. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels provided the keynote address at a Manley Johnson Center event in Birmingham. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)

Higher education must show its relevance in the marketplace if it is to survive, said Purdue University President Mitch Daniels.

The former Republican two-term Indiana governor made the remark during an address to education, business and political leaders at a summit on higher education co-hosted by the Sorrell College of Business’ Manuel H. Johnson Center…

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Sorrell College marks a ‘first’ with the naming of MJC Fellows

Dr. Allen Mendenhall, Executive Director of the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, visits with a student in John Lewis Hall on the Troy Campus. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)
 

For the first time in its history, the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy in Troy University’s Sorrell College of Business has named eight scholars as Fellows. 

The fellowships mark a milestone for the University and the Center because it indicates an academic maturation. The appointment of the eight Fellows marks a significant achievement in the…

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