4/15/2013: Mark Thoma of the UO Economics department and The Economist’s View blog considers the possibility in his talk on academic blogging, given at a Kaufmann Foundation conference Friday:
Is UO Matters university service?
4/15/2013: Mark Thoma of the UO Economics department and The Economist’s View blog considers the possibility in his talk on academic blogging, given at a Kaufmann Foundation conference Friday:
Is Thoma sure that his blog is service? On most measures, I would argue that UOM is a larger contributor to UO public welfare. Beyond the UO community? What scope does the UO have when it encourages “service?”
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