Every year I attend a major economics conference to geek out with and learn from a significant collection of global economists. While just breathing the air at such an event can be inspiring, talking to people often leads to sheer terror about the future of our national and global economy. Last year’s event was no …
Improving the Online Learning Experience for Students By Holly A. Bell (Note: This article was originally published in The Chronicle of Higher Education on 1 October 2012) I truly believe that most of my full-time, tenure-track colleagues would rather quit their jobs than teach an online course. And that’s a shame, since they are exactly …
We Need to Teach Collaboration for an Office-Less World By Holly A. Bell Cheating vs. Collaboration Earlier this month we heard about a cheating scandal at Harvard University in which students worked together on a take-home exam they were expected to complete independently. As a professor I have a couple of concerns with this. First, …
‘Teaching’ Ethics is Not as Easy as it Seems By Holly A. Bell The perpetual drone of news stories describing corporate scandals has lead to criticisms that business schools aren’t doing enough to teach ethics. This criticism is not surprising when you look at the self-interested microeconomic decision-making models we teach based on the rational …
Faculty are great at educating students–just keep them out of meetings. I still view higher education with a bit of an outsider’s lens as I spent the first 20+ years of my career in the “real world” of business. I’ve found higher ed. requires a sense of humor. Moving from a corporation to a university …
I’m convinced the primary goal universities have for Doctoral students is to make them even more socially awkward than they were when they showed up. I realized this at a party the other day when I noticed I wasn’t talking to people as much as I was observing them. I used to be interesting, now …
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By Phil Izzo We know that a college diploma boosts earnings, but a student’s choice of major also plays a big part. Getty Images The gap wages rates between electrical-engineering and general-education majors is nearly as large as the difference between college graduates and high school graduates, according to a wide-ranging study by Joseph G. …
By Holly A. Bell Last week The Princeton Review released their annual list of “Best Value Colleges”. While the Princeton Review makes their selections based on a formula that includes academics, cost of attendance, and gift aid, it does make you wonder about the definition of “best value”. Many of the colleges and universities on …
A few thoughts on my week, hope for the future, the gold standard, and an update on private jets. By Holly A. Bell My Week Professorhollybell.com had a record number of visitors Monday and Tuesday of this week, but considerably fewer comments than usual. I’m not sure what to make of this, but I’ll try …
