================= HES POSTING ================= Jonathon, An application to the University of Connecticut which discussed history of thought and an interest in cross-disciplinary work would have gotten your immediate attention. We regularly list gradaute courses in other departments (history, political science, sociology, statistics, geography) which may interest our students; we are disappointed more don't take advantage of the opportunity to gain an understanding of other disciplines and draw on them for their own research and teaching. But I recognize that we have been--for many years now--swimming against the tide. But when we started swimming that way with more determination, we actually did better, as I explained earlier, in both attracting strong students and placing our doctorates. Some maybe all is not lost. Fred C. ********************************************************************** Prof. Fred V. Carstensen Office: (860) 486-0614 Department of Economics Dept: (860) 486-3022 341 Mansfield Road FAX: (860) 486-4463 University of Connecticut Home: (860) 242-6355 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]