Dr. Alexandra Bernasek takes over as Interim Chair of the Department of Economics. On July 1, 2016 I became Interim Department Chair. This will be my 25th year in the economics department at CSU. I arrived as a new PhD from the University of Michigan in 1992 when I was hired as an Assistant Professor. […]
Today Dr. Shulman turned the page on his ten years as department chair. He has served us well.
UWE released their first video! How studying Economics can impact your life, career, and mentality. Give it a watch to learn more about Economics and the gender gap from club members and faculty!
COIN: Finding tech workers still an issue, as is rising housing costs Certification schools, outreach to women, millennials boost qualified tech workforce When the Colorado Innovation Network published its first talent report in 2012, it noted a startling decline in students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. That’s still a concern, but COIN […]
A career in Economics…it’s much more than you think. Best College Majors, Kiplinger, September 16, 2015. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-college-majors-career-2015-180137101.html# Courtesy of American Economic Association.
NIST Economics Team doc – Drs. Sammy Zahran, Harvey Cutler, Martin Shields and Daniele Tavani The Center of Excellence for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning at Colorado State University, funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will accelerate the development of system-level models and databases that will provide the technology for enhancing community resilience […]
The Economics Department welcomes our newest faculty member – Dr. Anders Fremstad. Anders is a new assistant professor of economics at CSU. His interest in economics was first sparked by debates on issues like living wages and free trade. After earning his B.S. in International Political Economy at Georgetown University, he spent a year volunteering at […]
There is ongoing debate in policy circles, the media, and around kitchen tables about the value of a college degree. Given the investments of time and money involved, some skeptics—and likely some students and their families—are asking if the returns to college are really worth the costs. Do college graduates tend to earn more […]