J. Bradford DeLong
Review of the Political Economy Group Major J. Bradford DeLong and Alan Karras U.C. Berkeley October 15, 2010
MEMORANDUM From: To: Subject:
J. Bradford DeLong, Chair, Political Economy Major; Alan Karras, Associate Director, International and Area Studies Past and Present Political Economy Majors University Review of the Political Economy Major
Up to now the interdisciplinary majors here at the University of California at Berkeley have been omitted from the normal program review process--which means that we have never had a formal chance to make the administration aware of what we are doing well and what we are doing poorly, of whether our resources are in balance with our needs, and of what structural changes need to be made in the major for it to do its job.
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J. Bradford DeLong
Thanks to the initiative of Dean Tyler Stovall, this academic year will see a campus review of the Political Economy major": A written report by the major, an evaluation committee including members from outside the University, and discussions with staff, students, faculty and alumni. We need you current students in the major to do two things. First, we need you to come to the IAS office, at your leisure, to read the written report. Second, we need you to communicate your views of the major, and of its problems and successes. Therefore we need you to write down your take on the major and to give to us, and we hope you will be willing to meet with the outside committee when it digests all the information and decides who it wants to talk to. Please feel free to ask any questions to either of us at delong@econ.berkeley.edu or karras@berkeley.edu
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