Economics department: Deis vs Oberlin

<p>Oberlin has a fine economics department but it does lack a graduate business school and an undergrad business program. This coming year, Brandeis is launching an innovative undergrad Business major in conjunction with IBS in which economics will of course play a key role. The international focus of the grad business school–incredibly appropriate for the international economy in which we live–undoubtedly will add international flavor to the new undergrad Business major. That major will have a liberal arts focus unlike a lot of undergrad Business programs. Here’s a link to an article discussing it:</p>

<p>[Brandeis</a> Business is practical, unique - Op-Ed](<a href=“http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2009/03/03/OpEd/Brandeis.Business.Is.Practical.Unique-3656072.shtml]Brandeis”>http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2009/03/03/OpEd/Brandeis.Business.Is.Practical.Unique-3656072.shtml)</p>