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How to Be a Great Conference Participant

Dr. Art Carden, Assistant Professor in the department of Economics and Business at Rhodes college, shares his paper, "How To Be A Great Conference Participant."

Abstract
Being an academic, particularly an academic economist, is a task that requires a great deal of preparation and effort. It also requires a great deal of travel. This essay provides helpful suggestions on how to be a Great Conference Participant.

Rethinking the Professoriate

“Rethinking the Professoriate,” by Ronald Ehrenberg, an economist at Cornell University, analyzes trends on tenure and contingent faculty. This paper addresses better understanding the trends within the contingent, non-traditional tenured faculty positions.

Barriers to Innovation

Barriers to Innovation, by Dominic Brewer and William G. Tierney at University of Southern California, summarizes the various barriers that are restraining change in colleges and universities.

Free 'Sustainability' Academic Questions Issue

Free 'Sustainability' Academic Questions Issue
May 07, 2010 By NAS
Hot off the press: the current issue of Academic Questions, a special issue on "Sustainability,” is available free online.

Autonomy and Organ Sales, Revisited

James Stacey Taylor: Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 2009

Call for guest articles on healthcare economics and health policy

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Location: Boston, MA, United States
Employer: Center for Objective Health Policy

Unsafe manufacturing might result from low-cost drugs

Medications intended to treat coughs, colds, and allergies are generally considered risk-free. The Food and Drug Administration, however, has recalled over five hundred of these medicines. The Food and Drug Administration cites untested safety and effectiveness in this recall. There is a trade-off in keeping prescription drugs' cost low. The safety cost of developing medications in emerging markets could make safety an even bigger concern.

First Do No Harm Video Contest

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Employer: The Galen Institute

Call for Papers: Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism

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Location: Burnaby, Canada
Application deadline: CLOSED
International Conference on Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism Conference Dates: June 24-25, 2010 Location: Vancouver, Canada Medical tourism involves travel across national borders for medical pr...

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