CORE praised in The Atlantic article

CORE praised for making economics more relevant

We’re proud to see the CORE Econ project mentioned by Harvard University Professor Danielle Allen in an article for The Atlantic: America and its universities need a new social contract. Danielle commended CORE's efforts to make the teaching of economics more relevant to present day economic realities and the concerns of students:

"An example of a valuable initiative is University College London’s CORE Econ project. The team there, working with a network of economists around the globe, has dramatically refashioned economics education to start from the problems that students say they want to solve."

Danielle argues that American higher education is too focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Instead, more should be invested in civic education and societal engagement.

The article is a thought-provoking read. Head over to The Atlantic to see it in full.