Original article by Ben Potter
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 7-Aug-14

Concern has been expressed about La Trobe University’s plan to downgrade the status of economics in its curriculum. The university proposes to abolish its stand-alone economics degree and integrate it into the Bachelor of Commerce, while academic staff will be slashed. Economics professors at rival universities are among those who want La Trobe to back down. Falling demand for economics courses has prompted the decision

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