It's commonly believed that young Christians are frustrated with the church's "outdated" views on sex and marriage. But when you survey those who actually attend church weekly (rather than merely identify themselves as "Baptist" or "Presbyterian"), you find: Only 11 percent of young, religiously active evangelicals actively expressed support for same-sex marriage. (Compared to a strong majority of their non-believing peer group.) Approximately 6 percent of young, religiously active evangelicals expressed support for abortion rights. (Compared to 70 percent in their non-believing peer … [Read more...] about Are Younger Evangelicals (Slowly) Joining the Sexual Revolution?
Thriving at College
With Tuition Rising, Are Colleges Getting Richer?
With tuition rising, aren't colleges making out like bandits? For the most part, no, writes Scott Carlson in The Chronicle of Higher Education. While sticker price tuition is rising, colleges are also raising the discount rate. The upshot? "On average and adjusted for inflation, colleges have seen no growth in net revenue for 13 years." Read the whole thing. Related: Half of College Presidents Lack Long-term Confidence in Their Financial Model … [Read more...] about With Tuition Rising, Are Colleges Getting Richer?
All Knowledge Starts Somewhere in Faith
In the pages of The Chronicle of Higher Education (the trade journal for college professors and administrators), Dr. Peter Conn, professor of English and Education at the University of Pennsylvania, recently penned a provocative essay entitled "The Great Accreditation Farce" (subscription may be required). Conn argued that religious colleges "undermine the most fundamental purposes of higher education." … [Read more...] about All Knowledge Starts Somewhere in Faith
‘Non-Traditional’ Students Are Majority on College Campuses
Read the breakdown (reported in July 2013, the data appears to be 2011-2012). … [Read more...] about ‘Non-Traditional’ Students Are Majority on College Campuses
Underemployment & College Major. Correlation?
Are Large Amounts of Student Debt Common?
Whether student debt loads are contributing to the decline in home ownership or not, the personal horror stories making headlines are not normative. That isn't to say that lots of people don't have loads of student loads. But on a percentage based, it's a minority: In 2012, less than 10 percent of students completing a bachelor's degree had more than $49,000 in debt. Only 0.3 percent of undergraduates had six figures of debt. The median debt at graduation for a bachelor's degree was just under $17,000. (The average figure in 2012 has been reported by another source as being just north of … [Read more...] about Are Large Amounts of Student Debt Common?