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International Study Shouldn't Be Elective
Every American decade has its archetypes. If you were heading off to business school in the 1980s, you might have...
Math Geek Mom: Ready, Set, Interview!
We economists have great respect for “markets”, the interaction of buyers and sellers of some good or service. While sometimes...
Guilt as a motivating force
Elizabeth Coffman posted a nice discussion on the guilt(s) associated with bicoastal marriages involving children. The "mommy guilt" and also...
The Economic Collapse and Educational Values
Ralph Hexter sees similarities between the reward structures of the business world and the college world -- and thinks academics should offer a different model.
Long Distance Mom: Carbon Guilt
Inside Higher Ed has done a good job with publicizing the humor and pain surrounding long distance couples and their...
Ask the Administrator: Go or Stay?
A new correspondent writes: I am a graduate student at a state school with a pretty decent reputation. Although I'm...
Fear of faculty
The various tasks that fall to me as Greenback U's sustainability administrator bring me into contact with an increasingly broad...
ABCs and PhD's: Balance or merge?
When I started my new part-time research job at the university early this fall, they got me a new computer...