Economic Analysis in Plain English: A Course in Economic Journalism

The authors describe an experimental economics course designed as a journalism workshop. Students were reporters, writing articles on economic events and issues and about prominent economists and their ideas. The articles were read and discussed by the entire class. The requirement to explain economics to lay readers clearly but accurately developed the students' own economic literacy.     

The Impact of Turnout on Turning Up: The Complementarity of Attendance among Co-Workers

This paper studies the effects of complementarities in work attendance on absenteeism. It investigates the case where workers, who turn up for work, cover the workload of absent colleagues. Thus, externalities arise from workers being absent from work. The effort workers exert in the workplace is negatively related to worker turnout. Attendance levels of workers are strategic complements, as workers are more likely to turn up when turnout is high. Firms increase wages and improve working conditions in response. In contrast to the more standard shirking literature, the firm sets employment levels higher. Workers may benefit from draconian firing rules.     

应用型本科高校考风建设初探

考风是高校校风、学生学风的一种体现,备受高校重视。分析学生考试作弊现象产生的心理原因和学校方面存在的客观因素,针对高校考风建设方面存在的问题和不足,结合应用型本科高校的发展目标,提出相应的建设办法和措施。     

Research in Economic Education and the Teaching of Economics

Input cost and output value are depicted in a diagram of vertical slices of the production function surface.     

Alternative Ways to Teach and Learn Economics: Writing,Quantitative Reasoning,and Oral Communication

The authors describe an interesting attempt by one university to require of students demonstrated competencies in the areas suggested by the title—writing as freshmen, quantitative reasoning as sophomores and juniors, and oral communication as juniors or seniors. Quantitative measures of the effectiveness of the program are not provided.     

会计本科专业实习的困惑与出路

随着大众化教育带来的学生规模的急剧扩大,专业实习的实践资源相对紧缺,目前本科院校存在以下问题：专业实习比较随意,且与其他实践之间缺乏连续性,学生也缺乏对专业实习的清晰认识。造成这些困惑的原因：学校对经管实验室或财会实训基地的硬件投入不足。专业实训资源缺乏有效的整合。相关企业动力不足。其出路是：树立全过程的专业实践教学观,建设本科院校自己的专业实训基地,设立校内经营性实训场所,积极建立校外实训基地。     

Reforming Undergraduate Instruction in Russia,Belarus, and Ukraine

The authors deal with the restructuring of undergraduate economics instruction at Moscow State University (MSU) since 1989. They examine how closely the reforms at MSU are mirrored by changes at Belarus State University in Minsk and at Kiev State University. They also consider, and often offer an “insider's” perspective on, several issues related to curriculum reform that go beyond what can be determined from published curriculum guides. Specifically, they consider such issues as the training and retraining of faculty members who teach courses in these departments, the use of translated Western textbooks versus locally developed textbooks, and problems that arise in departments where some faculty members teach Western economics but others continue to teach Soviet-style economics.     

西方经济学本科教学改革探讨

西方经济学是经济管理类本科专业的基础性必修课程,其教学效果的好坏直接影响学生对其他相关课程的掌握程度。然而当前一些本科院校西方经济学课程的教学效果并不理想。如何对该课程进行科学革新,更好地发挥其基础性地位,进而帮助学生更好地掌握专业知识,是本课程教学改革的主要目标。     

大学生就业信心及其影响因素

通过就业信心透视大学生就业状况,利用职业的竞争度和个人竞争力来分析和解释大学生的就业信心;利用厦门大学2002届毕业生调查问卷的资料建立定量分析模型,从侧面反映和解释目前我国大学生就业的现状以及影响因素,并验证提出的理论假设。     

Teaching Methods in U.S. Undergraduate Economics Courses

In 1995 and 2000, the authors surveyed academic economists in the United States to establish how economics is taught in four types of undergraduate courses. The authors report overall findings from the 2000 survey and compare these results with the aggregate findings for respondents from all types of colleges and universities in the 1995 survey. The basic finding is that, despite some indications of increased emphasis and interest in teaching over this period, the teaching methods in these courses have changed very little over the past five years and are still dominated by “chalk and talk” classroom presentations.     

Economics Goes to Hollywood: Using Classic Films and Documentaries to Create an Undergraduate Economics Course

The authors describe an interdisciplinary approach to teaching economics that uses a powerful contemporary medium, the motion picture, to establish the context for teaching elementary economics concepts. The plots and subplots in many films can be used to illustrate problems and issues that are amenable to economic analysis. They suggest how these films can be sequenced to create a general studies course for nonmajors.     

Integrating Applied Field Work into the Undergraduate Economics Curriculum

This article documents the development and implementation of an undergraduate research methods course incorporating field work. Conducted in collaboration between the UW-Eau Claire Department of Economics and local elected officials and county staff in Buffalo County, Wisconsin undergraduate students were assigned the task of developing and presenting initiating a county-wide economic redevelopment strategy during the Spring term 2018. Course specific learning goals included: Hard skills development (software usage, data acquisition and analysis, benchmarking, and survey design) and soft skills development (presentation of sensitive economic information to lay audiences and teamwork). Initial results suggest that field-based coursework improves student learning, student interest in economics, improve local economic performance, and may help to bridge the “Town versus Gown” divide.     

Undergraduate Coursework in Economics: A Survey Perspective

Survey results from a large sample of economics departments describe offerings for principles courses, coursework requirements for economics majors, and program augmentations such as capstone courses, senior seminars, and honors programs. Findings are reported for all institutions, and institutions are subdivided into six different categories based on public or private control and the highest economics degree offered. The coursework required for the economics major typically consists of ten courses, five in a required core and five electives. The most conspicuous curriculum change over the past 30 years is the rise of econometrics as a required course, now mandatory at about half of major programs. The authors estimate that about 40 percent of students who matriculate as first-year undergraduates take at least one economics course before they leave.     

大学生创业教育中网络资源介入的研究与实践

在分析当前传统创业教育中存在问题的基础上,提出大学生创业教育中可以尝试运用网络资源实现大学生知识结构优化,促进大学生创业意识形成和创业品质养成的观点,进而构建网络资源介入的提升大学生创业能力的创新型创业教育模式。     

新建本科高校财务风险的成因及对策

新建本科高校财务风险的成因主要有高校债务责任人缺位、财政投入不足、预算软约束、生源不稳定、财务信息不对称、财务管理水平不够高等因素,故应建立现代大学制度、加大财政投入、拓宽资金筹措渠道、强化预算的刚性执行力度、提高会计信息质量以及建立风险预警机制。     

高校旅游专业本科人才培养模式探讨

经过二十多年的发展，我国旅游专业形成了研究生、本科生、专科生、中专生的多层面教育体系。旅游专业本科是旅游人才培养体系的重要一环，但目前高校旅游专业本科在招生、就业、学生能力培养等方面存在一定的尴尬与困境，在分析这种现象产生原因的基础上，提出一系列建议：以市场需求为导向，树立应用型人才培养模式；进行以提高学生能力为中心的教学改革；采用校企合作的实践方式；与旅游企业共同进行师资培训等，以期对高校旅游专业本科人才的培养提供一定借鉴。     

对我国研究型大学本科教育的思考

从优质生源、人才培养以及学校声望等角度探讨了研究型大学重视本科教育的必要性,指出了研究型大学本科教育中存在定位不准、教师不愿意从事本科教学、教学资源严重不足以及精品教材奇缺等问题,提出了成立本科教育改革委员会、建立具有研究型大学特色的本科生导师制、提倡和鼓励教师开展研究性教学和规范教材建设等建议。     

财经类院校高年级本科生科研能力培养模式研究

面对人才需求的日益多元化,财经类院校如何培养出满足这一需求的创新型和高层次人才具有极大的现实意义。首先分析加强高年级本科生科研能力培养的意义,接着对其中存在的问题进行深入分析,进而以安徽财经大学经济学院为例,从完善本科生导师制、以经济学国家级特色专业建设为契机、依托大学生科研项目等方面探讨如何提升高年级本科生科研创新的能力。     

大学生党员教育培养管理机制浅析

研究大学生党员发展的质量提升机制,规范大学生党员管理机制,构建大学生党员评估机制是高校基层党建工作的重点。在学生党员发展过程中严格履行党员发展的有关程序和手续,实行培训制、票决制、公示制、审查制和责任制是确保党员发展质量,永葆党的先进性和纯洁性的关键。