10:30 AM to 11:20 AM MWF
Buchanan Hall D001
Section Information for Fall 2018
This course systematically examines Bryan Caplan’s The Case Against Education from
cover to cover. Along the way, students will learn the fundamentals of the economics of
education, with a focus on education’s private and social returns, ability bias, and
signaling. The course also covers selected topics in educational psychology, the
sociology of education, education research, and the philosophy of education, especially
Transfer of Learning, credential inflation, and merit goods.
This is a mixed undergraduate and graduate class. While there will be shared lectures
and classroom discussion, graduate students will be given more demanding homework
assignments and more challenging exams.
Prerequisites:
I assume that you have taken Introductory Economics and know how to calculate
Present Discounted Value. Labor Economics will be helpful but not required.
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Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate or Non-Degree.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
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