Trends in Undergraduate Economics Degrees, 1991-2006

Autor/in	Siegfried, John J.
Titel	Trends in Undergraduate Economics Degrees, 1991-2006
Quelle	In: Journal of Economic Education, 38 (2007) 3, S.360-364 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0485
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Economics Education; Bachelors Degrees; Undergraduate Study; Educational Trends; Public Colleges; Private Colleges; Females; College Graduates; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftskunde; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Grundstudium; Bildungsentwicklung; Privathochschule; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This article reports on the trends in undergraduate economics degrees from 1991-2006. Undergraduate degrees in economics awarded by U.S. colleges and universities enjoyed an upward trajectory for eight consecutive years from 1997 through 2005. On the basis of the steady climb in economics majors from 2000 to 2005, "Newsweek" (December 26, 2005) even went so far as to declare economics the "sexiest trade alive." Unfortunately, "Newsweek's" announcement appears to have been analogous to the superstition about telling a baseball pitcher that he has a no-hitter going, because in 2006, the evidence suggests that the bubble has burst. For the first time since 1997, the number of bachelor's degrees awarded in economics appears to have declined, albeit quite modestly. (Contains 3 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10