The students of Dr. Robert Murphy’s Mises Academy course, “Understanding the Business Cycle”, have just finished taking their final. Many of them have filled out an evaluation form we’ve given them. In the evaluation, they were asked to give the course a letter grade and to offer written feedback. The students have given the course a 3.9 GPA and have highly acclaimed its quality and enjoyability. Here’s what one student had to say about the experience.
“I love Dr. Murphy’s practical approach to teaching, the selection of reading, podcast, and PowerPoint materials were outstanding, the lectures were well-organized and conversational in tone, and the course itself was seamlessly integrated into a coherent whole. The online venue is also well-organized and easy to navigate.
At this moment, I am one course and one paper away from a master’s in _______ from ______ University. This is the only online _______ training program with full accreditation, and each 10-week class costs $1700.00. Yet not one of the classes I have taken in that program even remotely compares in quality to this class on the business cycle, though the latter costs only $255 (all materials included!). From literally every standpoint — quality of materials, teacher involvement and interaction with students, discussion forums, and use of multi-media, Mises wins hands down, and at a small fraction of the cost. I couldn’t be more satisfied. Thank you for a wonderful learning experience — seriously.“
Now that you know we can provide an outstanding educational experience, won’t you sign up for one of our upcoming courses? There’s still time to sign up for Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo’s The Road to Serfdom: Despotism, Then and Now, which starts next week! And in the fall we have Dr. Murphy’s second Mises Academy course Principles of Economics and Dr. Tom Woods’ The New Deal: History, Economics and Law, both of which are open for enrollment now.
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Hmm, interesting, I might actually sign up for one of these courses.
By the way, Lilburne, I highly commend you for your efforts to make the forums a more welcoming and inviting place. For too long, potential converts to the Austrian school have been shunned by holier-than-thou moralizing and “you are a statist pig” lecturing. These people never return to the forums or to the site, and no doubt spread the word to their friends that the Austrian School is nothing but a bunch of coons.
I have followed some of your discussions and threads, and I am glad that you engage in conversations using a friendly, approchable tone, and you get the point across without antagonizing the other person. Again, you are doing the Austrian School a greater service than you can imagine, and I only hope that it continues.
This class ruled! I highly recommend the Mises Academy to anyone that wants to receive a college-level education in a subject on Austrian economics. This class on ABCT taught me how the Austrians have the most sophisticated understanding of money, interest, and production, more-so than any other school of economics.
All of Mises.org is doing a tremendous service to the advancement and education of liberty and free markets. I will definitely continue participating in the future.
Also, Murphy is an awesome professor. He made sure everyone understood the material and he has a great sense of humor and personality. I hope to see him do another class soon!
Heavily considering signing up to the new “Road To Serfdom” (with Loyola professor of economics Thomas DiLorenzo) class starting later this week! Also forgot to mention that I am excited for Woods class on the New Deal. I see a very optimistic future for the Mises Academy. Just need to get these credits transferable to other universities!
That’s a very good endorsement. I see education more of a lightswitch, either it’s engaging or it’s not.
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