USA Today reports that the job market for new college grads is much better this year than it was last year: employers plan to hire something like 10-20% more grads than they did last year. However, those lacking a college degree are seeing a much different picture: an Associated Press-Viacom survey revealed that "only about a third of the 18- to 24-year-olds who aren't in school said they have full-time jobs." And less than a quarter of them work part-time, which means about 40% of them are totally unemployed. Many site the high cost of college as the main obstacle toward getting that … [Read more...] about Job scene improving for new college grads
Archives for April 2011
That’s My King – Dr. S.M. Lockridge
He is risen! HT: Timmy Brister … [Read more...] about That’s My King – Dr. S.M. Lockridge
Did Jesus Spend Saturday Night in Hell?
The Apostles Creed begins: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead. Many of us were raised with the notion that Jesus went to hell on Friday after dying on the cross. For a day and a half, he preached in hell before his resurrection on Sunday. The Scriptural support given for this view primarily comes from a … [Read more...] about Did Jesus Spend Saturday Night in Hell?
UNC to add median grade data to student transcripts
The average college student in 1961 earned about a 2.5-2.6 GPA. Over the last decade that number has swelled to well over 3.0, even though college students studied (on average) 24 hours/week in 1961 as compared to only 14 hours /week in 2003. In an effort to curb the many upward pressures on student grades, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, starting next fall, will include information about the median grade in each course a student takes, along with students' rankings by percentile against their peers in every class: The move to adopt "contextualized transcripts" was … [Read more...] about UNC to add median grade data to student transcripts
Holy Week
Last year Justin Taylor, with help from the ESV Study Bible's notes, put together a harmony/chronology of what took place on each day of Holy Week. You can scroll down through the whole thing here (beginning with Resurrection Sunday and going back to Palm Sunday). … [Read more...] about Holy Week
Is College Worth the Price Tag?
That's the question Costco Connection posed to two experts: Stephen J. Rose (labor economist and author of Social Stratification in the United States and Richard Vedder (Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ohio University and author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much. Rose argues that as many people as possible should pursue college, given that today's worker with a bachelor's degree earns, on average, 74% more than a worker without such a degree (an increase from 40% more in 1980). Vedder argues that too many pursue college today, and that many would be better off … [Read more...] about Is College Worth the Price Tag?