Oscar Flores featured on KVRR news
Economics Professor Oscar Flores was featured on a May 4 KVRR news segment about the economy. Watch the story.
Flores’ paper accepted for journal publication
The paper “The Impact of Learning Communities on Freshman Retention” written by Oscar Flores, Economics, and Claudia Sanchez Vela, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, has been accepted for publication by The Journal of Economic Insight.
Undergraduate Economic Review recognizes MSUM Economics student’s research
Adam Schutt, a May 2019 MSUM Economics graduate, was recently notified that his undergraduate research was selected for publication in Undergraduate Economic Review. This publication marks the seventh time since 2005 that this journal has published undergraduate research from the MSUM Economics program. Schutt developed the paper, “Sanctuary Cities and Their Respective Effect on Crime Rates,” while working with Drs. […]
Oscar Flores attended Negotiation Pedagogy Conference
Oscar Flores, Economics, attended the Negotiation Pedagogy Conference organized by Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. Flores, a contract negotiator for the Inter Faculty Organization, attended this conference in preparation of his Spring Semester elective course on The Economics of Bargaining.
Flores accepted for publication by The Journal of Economic Insight
Oscar Flores had the paper “The Impact of Participation in Learning Communities on Academic Performance at a Regional, Public University” accepted for publication by The Journal of Economic Insight. Flores finds that students who participate in Learning Communities (LC) have higher GPAs than students with similar characteristics who do not participate in LC. In addition, it is found that student-athletes […]