This article understates the severity of what is going on. Departments all around the country are under pressure to have measures of accountability. You can imagine what kind of standards will be set for economics. You will be expected to regurgitate the worst of the worst from the worst of the textbooks.
This effort is expected to help us achieve what the administrators call "excellence." -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901 www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com