It contained a total of eight sessions on a variety of education-related topics, and many of these sessions were very well attended. To those of us accustomed to speaking about our exotic research to an audience consisting of the three other speakers in the session, an audience of 50 or more was a welcome change. Tom has completed the cluster for the Atlanta meeting, and is now working on the San Diego meeting. The homepage will contain teaching aids, textbook reviews, articles about teaching styles and formats, references to education literature, lists of sessions in upcoming conferences, as well as a list of members and bylaws. The mailing list has about 200 subscribers.
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An article from a different contributor will be published in each issue. For example, in the near future, you will see articles from Jeff Camm, Wayne Winston and Judith Liebman on different aspects of teaching. Despite our modest beginnings, we reserve the right to expand into new territory, such as helping organize education-related workshops or conferences, or conducting surveys of graduate programs. Erhan Erkut is the Alexander Hamilton Professor of Management Science in the Faculty of Business, University of Alberta. All rights reserved.