Just 3% of Ph.D.s in economics were awarded to Black people in 2016, according to a report from the American Economic Association. One way some economists are proposing to fix economics’ diversity ...

The Economics Department is working to create more entry-level courses focused on the applications — as opposed to theory — of economics in an effort to attract more freshmen and sophomores, according ...

This story contains details about suicide that may be disturbing to some readers. Our team here at Marketplace is taking an introduction to economics class as part of what we’re calling the ...

"Economics 10: Principles of Economics" is the most popular class at Harvard this fall with 627 undergraduate students enrolled. The class is taught by renowned economist Gregory Mankiw, who was ...

We can't teach everything, but we can try to engage more students, and a more diverse student body, writes Clark G. Ross. The teaching of introductory economics at the college level remains ...

Economics is one of the most popular majors here at Columbia and Barnard, and it makes sense. Doing the major seems like a direct way to a successful career on Wall Street. That being said, you should ...