David Glenn “Notre Dame Plans to Dissolve the ‘Heterodox’ Side of Its Split Economics Department” from the Chronicle of Higher Education
John Tierney “Future of Economics Department Uncertain” from the Observer (Notre Dame student newspaper)
Matt’s blog post on the article
Nick’s followup
Chris Hayes “Hip Heterodoxy” from The Nation
Deirdre McCloskey “Notre Dame Loses” from the Eastern Economic Journal
Peter Monoghan “Taking On Rational Man” from The Chronicle of Higher Education
Gill Donovan “Economics Split Divides Notre Dame” from the National Catholic Reporter
Gill Donovan “Students Opposed Department Changes” from the National Catholic Reporter
TPM Cafe “Heterodox and Mainstream Economics” (posts start at bottom of page)
[...] Economics at Notre Dame [...]
[...] the Department of Economics & Econometrics) is devoted exclusively to neoclassical theory (here is a history of the creation of the two [...]
[...] on the Open Economics blog offer a running commentary on the decision and a series of links to the 2003 decision to split the Department of Economics into two departments: the Department of [...]
[...] The debate held at the LSE is happening around the world. Unfortunately, it’s exactly the kind of debate that is going to be eliminated at the University of Notre Dame (for more, see here and here). [...]
[...] Economics at Notre Dame [...]
[...] This year, the university administration took the second step in closing down ECOP, by deciding to dissolve the department and to ask the remaining members to find positions for themselves elsewhere. As of tomorrow, the Department of Economics and Econometrics will be renamed the Department of Economics and become the sole program of both undergraduate and graduate economics at the university. (More elements of this history, including some of the key documents, can be found here.) [...]