This may make me a nerd, but from time to time, I check the website of UPenn’s PPE program. It has a solid rubric for charting out PPE coursework, which I find to be particularly useful during class registration. While snooping around today, I found out that the Penn program produces a PPE journal once a semester. Its form mirrors other academic review journals. Therefore, it not as sexy as it could be; however, I think it is an interesting idea. Given the stellar make-up of our PPE program, I think we could produce a better journal and a better title (SPICE: A Student Perspective of Institutions, Choice, and Ethics). Let me know what you think.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ppe/Students/SPICE-spring2007.pdf
2 comments:
I think it's a good idea. Though, the name should clearly be "Importance."
I'm very interested. My only concern, though, is readership. Would students want to read our thoughts? I suppose we could aim at a higher audience, but then, distribution becomes a concern. Nonetheless, I think the issue is worth exploring.
If we were to go ahead with this, I would recommend opening it up to the full PPE program (sophomores to seniors), calling for finals papers (the 10-15 page essays we write at the end of the semester), implementing a peer-review/editing system, and constructing a review committee to select the top 10-15 essays for publication. I trust we could scrounge up sufficient funds for printing, and, of course, online publication is free (save man hours). Darell in conversation said it well, "This could really become like an undergraduate law review type of publication." A worthwhile goal, I think. Don't you?
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