<p>Yeah, economics is typically just behind Biology and Poli Sci/IR in ~ the # 3 spot for popularity among majors declared. </p>
<p>There’s a great article in this issue of The Voice, the Carleton alumni magazine, about new wave teaching initiatives at the school in this era of the “flipped classroom,” an evolution that plays perfectly to Carleton’s amazing professors. Aaron Swoboda is profiled, himself a former Carl (Class of '01), now an Asst Prof after returning from a PhD stint at Berkeley. Definitely worth a read. “Tightening the Feedback Loop” in:
[Carleton</a> College: Voice: 21st Century Teaching and Learning](<a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/voice/?story_id=903935&issue_id=903695]Carleton”>http://apps.carleton.edu/voice/?story_id=903935&issue_id=903695)</p>
<p>Off campus teaching is just as great. The Carleton Seminar in Cambridge is one of the oldest and most popular programs offered abroad, taught jointly by Carleton and Cambridge faculty over the summer.
[Carleton</a> College: Economics: Carleton Seminar in Cambridge](<a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/econ/cambridge/]Carleton”>http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/econ/cambridge/)</p>