Showing posts with label Memos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memos. Show all posts

Friday, February 18, 2011

Kindle needs lots of improvement

Go figure: Figure 1 below- which one is from Kindle and which one's from the book?


The book is Singapore's Success: Engineering Economic Growth by Henri Ghesquiere

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Education and Economics

What do you think of the following program at Teacher's College, Columbia University?

This program is intended for individuals who want to acquire advanced training in the theory, methods, and practices in the economics of education. It is a selective program to prepare individuals for leadership roles in teaching, research, or administrative settings.

The coursework for this program consists of three parts: core courses, courses in research methods, and courses in a specialized area of study. The available specialized areas include: education and economic development, education and transition to work, educational finance, economic evaluation and cost analysis in education, economics of urban and minority education, economics of educational technology, teachers markets, and others.


Examples of Specializations:

* Education and economic development
* Education and the transition to work
* Educational finance
* Economics of urban and minority education
* Economic evaluation of education
* Economics of new educational technology
* Teacher markets


How to Apply- Teachers College