1、interactivestudenteditionBetty J.BrownBall State UniversityJohn E.ClowNational Council on Economic Education,New York,NYProfessor Emeritus,State University of New York,College at OneontaJeremy Woodhouse/Masterfi leNotice:Information on featured companies,organizations,and their products and services
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7、more than 8 million readers each week,including online and television viewers.iiiAuthors and Industry Advisory BoardBusiness and Career EducationIndustry Advisory BoardMeet Our AuthorsDr.Betty J.Brown is a Professor of Business Information Systems Management and Coordinator of the Business and Marke
8、ting Education Program at Ball State University in Muncie,Indiana.She served on the faculty in business education and management at The University of Tennessee,Knoxville.In addition to teaching at the secondary and postsecondary levels,she has written articles and conducted workshops on the teaching
9、 of business and economic education.Dr.Brown has served as National Presi-dent for Delta Pi Epsilon,national graduate honor society in business education,as Executive Director for the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education,and is a recipient of the John Robert Gregg Award in busines
10、s education.Dr.John E.Clow is the Director of the Leatherstocking Center for Economic Educa-tion and Professor Emeritus of Business Education at the State University of New York,College at Oneonta.He has held professorial positions at a number of universi-ties in Illinois and Iowa.He has been the Di
11、rector of a number of national projects in personal fi nance and consumer economics for the National Council on Economic Education.He has held several college and university administrative positions,includ-ing president of Berkeley College in New York City.Dr.Clow has taught at the middle,high schoo
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