“Shelter in Place” takes on new meaning in the light of an ancient psalm.
Prayer in a Time of Pandemic
Here’s a strange idea — what if a university marketed itself as a place to acquire an education?
The classics really do teach us how to live good and meaningful lives Jacob Howland, The Dallas Morning News American colleges and universities face strong headwinds, including skyrocketing costs and a shrinking supply of prospective students. Many are scrambling to…
The Greco-Roman Liberal Arts: When Students were More than Numbers
Whereas Plato and Aristotle interacted with their students as friends, the depersonalized modern university student is often little more than a number. No relationship means no moral transformation, at least not for the good.
Scripture and Culture-Making: What Christian Colleges could Learn from Rabbinic Higher Education
Do 21st-century Christian colleges hold the gospel of Rabbi Jesus in as high a regard as 1st-century Jewish educators held the Torah?
With Prayer in the School of Christ: Higher Education and the Knowledge of God
For Jesus prayer and education were inseparable, because education and the knowledge of God are inseparable.
Saint Patrick and the Missional Future of Christian Higher Education
The patron saint of Ireland is rarely credited with what was perhaps his greatest achievement. (Hint: It’s not green beer.)
Do America’s Colleges Need Revival?
Before we can learn anything from Jonathan Edwards, we first need to humble ourselves as he did on that fateful day in 1734, when he finally admitted that “business as usual” was failing his students.
Hollywood and Higher Education: Worldview and the Stories We Live By
Raised in a culture dominated by Hollywood storytelling—from Disney to Tarantino—my students often know Hollywood’s stories better than they know their own.
Shocker: Liberal Arts Grads Gainfully Employed and Happy, by Scott Jaschik
Only 3 percent of Humanities majors with an advanced degree were unemployed in 2015, and 60 percent are managing or supervising others is part of their job.
A Bump in Leadership, Ethics (and Pay): Making a Case for an Arts and Sciences Education
Graduates who report that in college they talked with faculty members about nonacademic and academic subjects outside class are nearly twice as likely to have become leaders in their localities or professions.
History isn’t a ‘useless’ major: It teaches critical thinking, something America needs plenty more of
The value of disciplines that prepare students to be critical thinkers escapes any politician who prefers only mindless followers, but one look at your Facebook feed ought to convince you that America needs more critical thinkers, not less.
Court Rules in Favor of Canada’s Largest Christian University in Religious Liberties Accreditation Case
“This case demonstrates that a well-intentioned majority acting in the name of tolerance and liberalism, can, if unchecked, impose its views on the minority in a manner that is in itself intolerant and illiberal,” concludes the 66-page unanimous decision signed by Chief Justice Robert Bauman and four other justices.