"Eddy's text, Personnel Economics, and Mike Gibb's Instructor's Manual are both wonderful.  They make it easy to make the transition from a standard labor economics course to a course that is much more relevant for MBA's.  But the opportunity to see first hand how the diverse teaching materials can be put together in a way that challenges and excites students should not be passed by.  The summer seminar really puts everything together in a way that can be beneficial to a broad spectrum of people who are interested in either teaching a course in personnel economics or simply putting some of these ideas into a more general course.  I am extremely happy that I attended."
    --Wally Hendricks
    Professor of Economics
    University of Illinois

"The Personnel Economics summer seminar provided me with a chance to update my knowledge, meet other professors in my field, and improve my teaching.  Most important, it provided an atmosphere of intellectual excitement that I have too rarely experienced in the years since I left graduate school.  The seminar was well administered and superbly taught.  If you are a professor working in
either labor economics or human resource management, then you should attend."
        --Greg Saltzman
        Professor of Economics and Management, Albion College, and
        Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan
 
"Ed Lazear's summer workshop for teachers of personnel economics is simply superb.  Ed is a master at explaining difficult concepts in simple terms.   Attendees acquire the pedagogical tools as well as an understanding of the concepts of personnel economics at a much deeper level than is possible from just reading Lazear's text (as good as that is).  I strongly recommend the workshop for anyone interested in teaching personnel economics."
    --John T. Warner
    Professor of Economics
    Clemson University

"I found Ed Lazear's personnel economics summer seminar to be EXTREMELY useful in my teaching.  Moreover, the seminar was a very pleasant and productive way to spend a week in the summer.  I had never taken any type of business course when I was a student, but I currently teach in a business college.  I do not doubt that my students expected my labor econ. class to be business-oriented instead of geared toward the social sciences.  The personnel economics seminar provided a lot of insight into a business-college approach to labor economics.  I would recommend this seminar to any labor economist (particularly those teaching in business schools) who had been trained in an Arts & Science or Liberal Arts setting."
    --Marie Mora
    Assistant Professor of Economics
    New Mexico State University

"I strongly recommend Ed Lazear's Personnel Economics Seminar to any economist desiring to bring him or herself up to speed
in the cutting edge area of the new personnel economics.  What you learn in the class will be useful in the teaching of both labor economics and managerial economics, and it may help spawn a new line of research for you.
 
The week spent at Stanford is stimulating in many ways.  Lazear is a pioneer in this field, of course, but it also turns out that he is a truly marvelous teacher. The classes are well organized, fast paced, and cover much important ground.  You also have a chance to meet and interact with colleagues from other institutions who share an interest in personnel. Stanford has a beautiful campus and the weather never seems to be less than perfect.  Finally, and perhaps most surprising of all, the dorm food was excellent!"
    --Kevin J. Murphy
    Professor of Economics
    Oakland University
    Rochester, Michigan
 
"Where does one begin?  Spending a week at "the farm" listening to a pioneer in the field and a master teacher is the kind of intellectual experience that does not happen often enough for someone like me who is from a small state school.  The lectures, discussions of advanced topics and pedagogy, with significant contributions from Joseph Cooper and Michael Gibbs, were first class.  Further, the collegiality that developed among the participants was very pleasant.  I think the dorm food may have had something to do with it.  Good food and good conversation seem to go together.  For those working in labor economics or human resource management, I give the seminar my highest recommendation."
    --Lee Norman
    Professor of Economics
    Idaho State University
 
"If your economics department isn't exposing students to these ideas right now, it should be.  Although presently this might
require the construction of a new course, within ten years I'd be surprised if the "standard" labor economics class at good universities
didn't look a lot more like Lazear's Personnel Economics for Managers textbook than today's standard Labor Economics books."
    --Michael A. Curme
    Department of Economics
    Miami University