Academic Perspective

The True Cost of College

Ben Drucker — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:52:41 +0000

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Americans have become acutely aware of the cost of attending college in the past few years. Tuition had been rising faster than household income even before the recession. Post-recession, income is harder to come by, savings have dwindled, and university endowments, the pool of donations that often fund professorships and scholarships, have shrunk. In a [...]1

An Apple A Day: The Fall and Rise of Apple, Inc.

Aaron Brown — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:00:33 +0000

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A little over a decade ago, around 1996, the world believed that Apple Computer was on its deathbed. The company lacked a marketing plan. Its less efficient computers were priced significantly higher than the competition. And by 1996, the company had fallen out of the top 5 in U.S. sales. Nearly 15 years later, on [...]1

Back in July

Ben Drucker — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:14:06 +0000

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We took June off to finish up with school, add to our writing staff, and come up with new ideas for the future of Academic Perspective. Look for new articles to resume the first week of July.1

The Real Tea Party Movement

Ben Drucker — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:56:08 +0000

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The New York Times broke a big story last month when it published its findings from a survey of Tea Party supporters. The “attitudes of those in the movement have been known largely anecdotally,” wrote Zerninke and Thee-Brenan, the authors of the exposé. The media depiction of the Tea Party hasn’t been particularly favorable, partially [...]1

Cyber Communication: Progress or Problem?

Jamie Welch — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:39 +0000

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Some say that cyber communication is the best thing ever, while others think computers are out to get us. When formulating our opinion, it is best to consider all of the facts. What’s good? What’s bad? It can be hard to tell.1

Application Intimidation

Ben Donald — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:00:40 +0000

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April is an exciting, desperately anticipated month for countless high school seniors across the country who eagerly await the bulky envelope containing that coveted acceptance letter. However, for an unfortunately large percentage of soon-to-be high school graduates, April means the end of their formal education. This phenomenon, perpetuated by financial concerns, past academic failures, and [...]1

A Push for Population Control

Seth Wolin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:00:33 +0000

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Take a moment to think about the past week in your life. What stress, if any, did you experience? What could have been the source of that stress? The American Psychiatric Association consistently cites one sweeping cause of stress in its national and focus group studies: feeling overburdened. Now reflect on your personal responses to that feeling [...]1

Green Gold

William Nzioka — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:00:49 +0000

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“To make [one] covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain,” wrote Mark Twain in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, an American classic. The Bush administration’s approach to marijuana makes one thing clear: it did not heed Sawyer’s advice. Drugs are often a taboo subject. Very few are willing to [...]1

Healthcare is No Free Market

Ben Drucker — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:11 +0000

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“Our health care system is in need of major reform, but we need to go more in the direction of free enterprise and free market principles,” said Congressman Jimmy Duncan (R-TN). Tea party supporters, vocal opponents of what they call “ObamaCare”, echo the same sentiment: health care should be a free market. Democrats have taken [...]1

A Declaration of Independence

Jake Silberg — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:15 +0000

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A Declaration of Independence from CollegeBoard When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to condemn the academic bonds which have connected them with another and to assume, among the rights of the Earth, the fair and just treatment to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle [...]1