George Mason University - VERY happy so far

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do engineering students have time in their schedule to take Microeconomics?

It's required.

Pray tell, why would an engineer need to know about the choices people make based on scarcity of resources?

I think it would matter to an engineer building roads and bridges in impoverished 3rd world countries to bring them into the 21st century. It's called design based on the infrastructure of the country allocating minimal resources to build.

[Anonymous]

GMU benefits from the dc areas tech companies with teachers in the industry and corporate sponsorship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do engineering students have time in their schedule to take Microeconomics?

It's required.

Pray tell, why would an engineer need to know about the choices people make based on scarcity of resources?

Wow, pretentious much? Maybe it's a required core class. I actually hope it is.

[Anonymous]

Well, to OP, I'll thank you for posting. We're a new GMU family and DD is loving it. She was searching for very particular types of majors and GMU had them. I like the fact that she is close to home. She does too. She's scheduled her week so she has no classes on Friday so can come home Thursday night and do work here -- or stay there if she prefers it. I have found the staff to be delightful and very accommodating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, to OP, I'll thank you for posting. We're a new GMU family and DD is loving it. She was searching for very particular types of majors and GMU had them. I like the fact that she is close to home. She does too. She's scheduled her week so she has no classes on Friday so can come home Thursday night and do work here -- or stay there if she prefers it. I have found the staff to be delightful and very accommodating.

NP: this is great to hear. We have also been extremely impressed with the range of very interesting majors GMU offers. DH hires for his firm and is always happy to see Mason on applicants' resumes!

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What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

no liberal guilt . Allow you to learn things in your own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

no liberal guilt . Allow you to learn things in your own.

Seriously, what are you prattling on about? Liberal guilt? Huh?

We're talking about colleges and universities here. You know, institutions of higher learning. What are you talking about libertarians and liberal guilt for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

no liberal guilt . Allow you to learn things in your own.

Seriously, what are you prattling on about? Liberal guilt? Huh?

We're talking about colleges and universities here. You know, institutions of higher learning. What are you talking about libertarians and liberal guilt for?

Activism permeates many colleges. Think Berkeley, Wellesley, Wesleyan, etc. professors at many colleges mark down f you don't tow their line re: liberal values. Note your smart tone. My son doesn't want that permeating his educational experience and I don't want to pay for it

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Smart should be snarky tone

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Anonymous wrote:What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

no liberal guilt . Allow you to learn things in your own.

GMU has been heavily funded and influenced since its early days by libertarian sources. It receives in particular a huge amount of funding from the Koch brothers.

http://www.desmogblog.com/koch-and-george-mason-university

The required economics component is likely designed to ensure that graduates come out with a perspective on the subject that mirrors that of the funders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

no liberal guilt . Allow you to learn things in your own.

Seriously, what are you prattling on about? Liberal guilt? Huh?

We're talking about colleges and universities here. You know, institutions of higher learning. What are you talking about libertarians and liberal guilt for?

OMG, you again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

no liberal guilt . Allow you to learn things in your own.

GMU has been heavily funded and influenced since its early days by libertarian sources. It receives in particular a huge amount of funding from the Koch brothers.

http://www.desmogblog.com/koch-and-george-mason-university

The required economics component is likely designed to ensure that graduates come out with a perspective on the subject that mirrors that of the funders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

no liberal guilt . Allow you to learn things in your own.

GMU has been heavily funded and influenced since its early days by libertarian sources. It receives in particular a huge amount of funding from the Koch brothers.

http://www.desmogblog.com/koch-and-george-mason-university

The required economics component is likely designed to ensure that graduates come out with a perspective on the subject that mirrors that of the funders.

I don't think this perspective is really any different from that espoused by the PP above, regarding Berkeley et al. What is interesting is that the OP appears to view "libertarian" as "unbiased" or "objective." It's a bias like any other, and to the extent that GMU or any university has that bent, students there may not be "learning things on their own" but rather may be being encouraged to view the world around them through a certain lens. One can decide whether that is a plus or a minus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell does libertarian have to do with anything?

no liberal guilt . Allow you to learn things in your own.

Seriously, what are you prattling on about? Liberal guilt? Huh?

We're talking about colleges and universities here. You know, institutions of higher learning. What are you talking about libertarians and liberal guilt for?

Activism permeates many colleges. Think Berkeley, Wellesley, Wesleyan, etc. professors at many colleges mark down f you don't tow their line re: liberal values. Note your smart tone. My son doesn't want that permeating his educational experience and I don't want to pay for it

GMU has many students of different thought and, no doubt, your son will encounter them. If GMU doesn't work, you might like Furman University or Liberty University.