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OR/MS Today Issues in Education and Education Features Archive

• April 2008: "A Critical Look at Critical Thinking" by Tava Olsen

• February 2008: "The Young (Professor) and the Restless (MBAs)" by Matt Drake

• December 2007: "Duality is So Useful!" by Joel Sokol

• October 2007: "Building, Operating a Hybrid Course" by Patrick S. Noonan

• August 2007 : "Designing, Selling a Hybrid Course" by Patrick S. Noonan. This issue has a special "Innovative Educators" section including "It's More Than a Job or an Adventure" by Richard E. Rosenthal, "Marketing the Profession — to Our Students" by Peter C. Bell, "O.R. in the Classroom — Get Real!" by Jeffrey D. Camm, "Teaching vs. the Real World" by Vijay Mehrotra, and "Teaching Decision Skills to Troubled Teens" by Ali Abbas, Nathan Hoffmann, Ronald Howard and Chris Spetzler

• June 2007: "Your Next Teaching Vehicle may be a Hybrid" by Patrick S. Noonan

• December 2006: "Teaching MIP Modeling and Solving" by Tobias Achterberg, Martin Grötschel and Thorsten Koch

• October 2006: "Testing Ourselves" by Joel Sokol

• August 2006: This issue has a special section on Innovative Education including "Amateur Operations Research" by Peter C. Bell, "The Spreadsheet Analytic Value Chain" by Thomas A. Grossman, "Antidote for Academic Schizophrenia" by Salwa Ammar, and "My Year as a Science Fellow" by Anna Nagurney

• June 2006: "Cheaters Never Win, But Sometimes They Make Better Grades" by Dawn Strickland

• April 2006: "O.R. and Study Abroad" by Chen Zhou

• February 2006 : "Teaching Novices to Model" by Thomas R. Willemain and Steven G. Powell. This issue has a special "Academe & Industry" section including "Bridging the Gap" by Suvrajeet Sen, "'Exchange' Keeps it Real" by Robin Lougee-Heimer, Karl Kempf and Ben Lowe, "Getting Ready for the Real World" by Robin Lougee-Heimer, and Mary Helander, and "Designing Student Teams" by ManMohan S. Sodhi, Clive W. Holtham and Robert Melville

• December 2005: "Teaching O.R. Modeling" by Joel Sokol

• October 2005: "Avoiding Project Headaches" by Dawn Strickland

• August 2005: "'Will This be on the Test?'" by Jeff Day. This issue has a special "Back to School" section including "Operations Research For Everyone (including poets)" by Peter C. Bell, "O.R. in Biz School: A research call to arms" by Thomas A. Grossman, and "What Industry Wants From O.R. Grads" by ManMohan S. Sodhi and Byung-Gak Son

• June 2005: "The Case for Teaching O.R. at Liberal Arts Institutions" by Dawn Strickland

• April 2005: "Where is the "P" in OR/MS?" by Chung-Piaw Teo and Huei-Lee Lau

• February 2005: "The Traveling Teaching Salesperson Problem" by Joel Sokol

• December 2004: "Eight Suggestions for Teaching Modeling to MBAs" by Thomas A. Grossman

• October 2004: "The State of INFORM-ED" by James J. Cochran

• August 2004: "You Can't Spell SpORts Without O.R., but ... You Can Teach O.R. With Sports!" by James J. Cochran. This issue has a special section on Innovative Education including "Revenue Management for MBAs" by Peter C. Bell, "Active Learning" by Stephen G. Powell, and "Teaching Teens How to Make Good Decisions" by Ali Abbas, Dave Reiter, Carl Spetzler and Steve Tani

• June 2004: "Teaching Ethics: It's the Right Thing to Do" by Julie Swann

• April 2004: "Decision-Support Systems Development: An Essential Part of OR Education" by Ravindra K. Ahuja and Michelle M. Hanna

• February 2004: "Drafts, Dynasties and Dance Cards" by Keith A. Willoughby

• December 2003: "Column Welcomes Wide Range of Topics" by Joel Sokol

• October 2003: "Spreadsheet Modeling Is a Strategic Opportunity" by Thomas A. Grossman

• August 2003: This issue has a special section on Innovative Education including "Getting Down to Business" and "Up to Standard" by Thomas A. Grossman, "Course of Action" by Peter Horner, and "Petition Makes the Case" by Kalyan Singhal

• June 2003: "Teaching the Process" by Francis W. Wolek

• February 2003: "Everything I Know About General Management I Can Learn by Playing with Legos" by Elliott N. Weiss

• December 2002: "The Keys to the Vault" by Thomas A. Grossman

• October 2002: "Tossing Beanbags" by Mark A. Christobek

• August 2002: "Passion and Fun in the Classroom!" by Robert L. Nydick. This issue had a special section on Teaching Trends including "Frame, Formulate and Solve" by Richard C. Larson, "Defining Success" by Steve Powell, "Managing the Student Supply Chain" by Erhan Erkut and Armann Ingolfsson, and "OR's Top 25" by Saul I. Gass

• June 2002: "MBA Management Science on the Web" by Matthew J. Liberatore and Robert L. Nydick

• April 2002: "OM and 'Vegas Night'" by Arvid Johnson

• February 2002: "OM and 'Vegas Night'" by Arvid Johnson

• December 2001: "Solving the MBA Teaching Riddle" by Thomas A. Grossman

• October 2001: "The Relevance Trap" by Thomas A. Grossman

• August 2001: "Keep INFORM-ED with Column" by Salwa Ammar. This issue has a special section on Innovative Education including "Reversing Tradition" by Thomas A. Grossman, "Online Exams Put to the Test" by Erhan Erkut and Armann Ingolfsson, "The Science of Decision-Making" by Eric V. Denardo, "Shop Talk 101" by Judith Shaul Norback, Donna C. Llewellyn and Jill R. Hardin, "Executive Education Opportunities" by Wayne L. Winston, and "Course Correction" by Ingjaldur Hannibalsson

• June 2001: "Learning Statistics in Context" by Greg M. Lepak

• April 2001: "Probability, Stats & 'Playing Games'" by James J. Cochran

• February 2001: "Time to Update Teaching Cases" by Karl Schmedders and Molly Stephens

• December 2000: "New E-Journal Targets Teaching" by Erhan Erkut

• October 2000: "Changes in Technology,Changes in Education" by Erik Gordon

• August 2000: "Building Blocks of Education" by Henk ten Wolde

• June 2000: "Satisfying Industry's Needs" by Tom O'Malley

• April 2000: "Internet Teaching: Interaction Without Inundation" by Susan Sanchez

• February 2000: "Executive Education Opportunities in Management Science" by Wayne L. Winston

• December 1999: "More than just an Internship" by Martin L. Puterman

• October 1999: "Statistical Thinking with Spreadsheets" by Malcolm Getz

• August 1999: "Teaching With the Lights Out" by Ken McKay

• June 1999: "Spreadsheet Add-ins for Operations Research Instruction" by Paul A. Jensen

• April 1999: "Experiential Learning in POM" by Salwa Ammar and Ronald Wright

• February 1999: "Spreadsheets will NOT save OR/MS!" by Thomas G. Groleau

• December 1998: "Should MBAs Know VBA?" by Cliff T. Ragsdale

• October 1998: "Teacher's Aid from INFORMS" by Peter Bell

• August 1998: "Modeling Software & the MBA OR/MS Course" by Matthew J. Liberatore and Robert L. Nydick

• June 1998: "Using VBA in a Management Science Course" by Chris Albright

• April 1998 : "Not Your Ordinary Scheduling Problem " by Vijay Mehrotra

• February 1998 : "Professor Liebman, Will This Be On The Test? " by Judith Liebman.

• December 1997 : "Leading the Spreadsheet Revolution: Making Management Science the Best Course in the Business School " by Stephen G. Powell.

• October 1997 : "End-User Modeling " by Tom Grossman. See April 1998 issue for a letter to the editor regarding this article (the letter is not available on-line).

• August 1997 : "Students Sink Their Teeth Into Fun LP Problems " by Nicola Petty.

• June 1997 : "Positioning the OR/MS Core Course " by Peter Bell.

• April 1997 : "Marketing Operations Research " by Ellen S. Jordan.

• February 1997 : "Lego of my Simplex " by Norman Pendegraft. This issue also has a series of articles about "OR and Spreadsheets," including a survey of spreadsheet add-ins , and additional education-related articles.

• December 1996 : "Promote Active Learning During Lectures " by Judith S. Liebman.

• October 1996 : "Software Decisions " by Wayne L. Winston.

• August 1996 : "Become an INFORMED Member " by Erhan Erkut.