Word: historyes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"Many [professors] complain either about the lack of coherence of the student body, i.e. the diversity in preparation and levels of understanding, or about the general lack of historical knowledge, especially in European and non-Western history," reported the Historical Studies Subcommittee in their five-year review issued last spring...
Griffin has adjusted his career plans also. He was a pre-med before he left for Germany, but he is not so sure that he wants to become a physician anymore. He has changed his concentration from physics to history and science and his future plans include getting a public...
Goldin would also bolster the department's offerings in economic history, professors said.
"I study the present through the past," said Goldin. "I'm an economist who studies history to study the origins of modern policy issues and the origins of aspects of the economy that are interest to all of us."
Goldin said that for the past 10 years, she has focused on women's economic history. She said her future work will take a broader look at the "evolution of modern labor markets" since the 19th century.