- The Department of Economics Strives toward excellence in teaching, research, and service.
- Students receive bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in economics.
- The Economics Department ranks 5th in the Big 12 according to Southern Economics Journal (April 2008). The article also ranks the Economics Department 3rd nationwide in the area of "General Economics and Teaching". In the area of "Methodology and History of Economic Thought," UNL ranks 20th nationwide.
- Our award winning faculty, render professional service at the local, state, federal, and international levels.
Sponsoring visiting scholars and conferences, providing support to outstanding students, acquiring specialized teaching and research materials, providing valuable training opportunities, purchasing software and hardware, and covering expenses related to recruiting and other department activities---these are some of the ways in which monies from the Economics Improvement Fund stimulate and enrich academic life. The Department of Economics relies on unrestricted contributions to the Economics Improvement Fund to support these vital areas for which no adequate state funds exist.
Established by the McGraw-Hill Foundation with generous support from Dr. Campbell R. (Mac) McConnell and others, proceeds from this fund are used to support several programs in the department:
Campbell R. McConnell Awards - provides scholastic awards to outstanding full-time graduate and undergraduate students majoring in economics;
Campbell R. McConnell Scholarships - provides scholarships to full-time graduate or undergraduate students majoring in economics;
Campbell R. McConnell Seminars - funds colloquia and seminars devoted to major economic issues to be presented by renowned scholars and experts in their fields.
Campbell R. McConnell Research Fellowships - provides up to one year of support for economic research to outstanding junior faculty members and/or doctoral candidates.
This fund is dedicated to providing financial assistance to those planning a teaching career in economics at the post-secondary level. The fellowships commemorate the Bingham’s years at UNL (1954-1962) and particularly Professor Bingham's devotion to teaching economics. Each fellowship will supplement a graduate assistantship for one academic year.
This fund provides financial support to full-time undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences or the College of Business Administration who have a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.0 and have completed a minimum of twelve credit hours of Economics courses.
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