Campus Paper Article on My Jan Term Course on the Financial Crisis
October 28th, 2008The online edition of the local student newspaper has posted a nice little article about my upcoming course on the global financial crisis.
I like how the student organized the strands of our conversation and wove them together in her story.
In trying to make financial market news seem relevant to our campus, I may have come off sounding too dire. I meant to sound a little more provisional regarding whether or not the crisis will have a substantial negative impact on Whitworth, the institution where I now teach. But the quotes seem accurate, and I was glad she kept at least some of my “we don’t know yet” language.
I wonder if anybody will ask me what textbook we will use for the class? If so, my first reaction might be to say that they ought to select another Jan Term course. My second, better response might be to tell them that we as a class will be writing it.
October 28th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
That’s fine