People & Achievements: Baier to lead Clemson’s economics department

Clemson University has picked a faculty member as interim chair of the John E. Walker Department of Economics. Scott Baier, director of the BB&T Center for Education and Policy Studies at Clemson, will begin his new role July 1. Baier succeeds Raymond “Skip” Sauer, who elected to return to being a full-time professor and researcher after 12 years as department chair.