by David Agron, Ph.D. | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016, Last WORD, The Case, Winter
My youngest is choosing a college. I hope she will choose a Christian college. The preeminent university in her field is so anti-Christian that they expelled Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship from their school. Certainly, that academic community needs ambassadors of...
by Phil Shackleton | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016, The Pretentious Circus, Winter
In a recent faculty discussion of diversity, a professor of social ethics expressed disappointment that his students, having finished his course, had not come to the conclusion that the Iraq war was unjust. Let’s unpack this. First, he seems to believe that the...
by Larry McKinney | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016, Public Policy, Winter
President Obama recently proposed in his State of the Union Address that a community college education should be free for all Americans. What is the cost of free community college education? That’s right. No tuition! Billed as a way to get more low-income high...
by Roy Atwood | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016, Public Policy, Winter
The White House released a progress report in September on President Obama’s $60 billion “American College Promise” plan for “free” community college education, designed to increase access to higher ed and lower student debt. Is Robin Hood blessing America...
by Jennifer Shaddox | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016, MISC, Winter
The Problem: Tangled Like Spaghetti A time always comes when a school outgrows homemade spreadsheets and ol’ Mrs. Johnson’s unique filing system. If you do not yet have an education management system, consider whether the following crazy situation sound a little like...
by Peter Rios | Jan 26, 2016 | 2016, Recruiting, Winter
The opportunity to recruit Latino students should be important to Christian colleges. Latinos are forecasted to be 30% of the population in the U.S. by 2060, belonging to the more than 50% majority-minority, according to the U.S. Census. They have become the largest...
