Time magazine this week has a cover story on the future of higher education, discussing topics such as rising costs, troubling graduation rates, and the ascent of various models of online education (including "MOOCs" -- massive open online courses). … [Read more...] about Future of Higher Education
Dinesh D’Souza Resigns as President of The King’s College
Dinesh D'Souza has resigned as the president of The King's College (TKC). The Board has accepted his resignation, effective immediately. The decision comes with a week of World magazine reporting that D'Souza was engaged to a young woman while still legally married to his wife of 20 years. World also reported that D'Souza and his new fiance checked into the same hotel room while attending a Christian conference last month. Read the rest. … [Read more...] about Dinesh D’Souza Resigns as President of The King’s College
Review of Skenazy’s 2010 Book, Free Range Kids
Myriam Hertzog, writing for The Journal of Biblical Counseling, reviews Lenore Skenazy's provocative book, Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry). Hertzog summarizes and responds to four of the major ideas that Skenazy puts forth: 1. We are much safer than we realize. 2. We listen to the wrong voices. 3. Helicopter parenting breeds distrust and pride, and severs communal ties. 4. Children are babied and not seen as key contributors to society. … [Read more...] about Review of Skenazy’s 2010 Book, Free Range Kids
Avg. Student Debt Nears $27,000 for class of 2011
The Institute for College Access & Success states in a press release today: Students who borrowed for college and earned bachelor’s degrees in 2011 graduated with an average $26,600 in student loan debt, up from $25,250 in 2010, according to a new report from the Project on Student Debt at The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS). This five-percent increase is similar to the average annual increase in recent years. The report also found that about two-thirds of the Class of 2011 had loans, and that private (non-federal) student loans comprised about one-fifth of what they … [Read more...] about Avg. Student Debt Nears $27,000 for class of 2011
Tim Keller’s New Book: Every Good Endeavor
Today something wonderful happened. I stepped out of my office at work for a moment and returned to find this book on top of my file cabinet. No note. No envelope. It was just sitting there. Wow! Every Good Endeavor, which releases Nov. 13 but is available now for pre-order, deals with a topic I've written a few articles about: Making a connection between our work and God's work. In fact, it was Keller who led me to a Dorothy Sayers essay called Why Work? which I cited in Thriving at College. The book is divided into three parts: … [Read more...] about Tim Keller’s New Book: Every Good Endeavor
Dinesh D’Souza and King’s College
King's College has issued a statement (quoted in a Christianity Today article) in response to recent reports that Dinesh D'Souza, separated from his wife for the last two years, is now engaged to another woman: The Board of Trustees of The King’s College has, in recent days, learned that details of the personal life of our president, Dinesh D’Souza, including information about admitted difficulties in his marriage, would be published in a national magazine. While our board has been aware of some of these details, we were not aware of others and immediately met in special sessions as a board, … [Read more...] about Dinesh D’Souza and King’s College