Back to School with President Obama
Sep 9, 2009
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Suzanne O'Dell
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The buzz over President Obama’s “back to school” speech on Tuesday morning has been interesting to say the least. Many conservatives are protesting the content of the speech, believing it to be a usurpation of parental control and yet another platform for the Obama administration’s “socialist” agenda. (You can access the full speech on the White House webpage.)
The evangelical community has had mixed feelings on the issue. Dr. John Piper of Desiring God Ministries applauded the President’s speech on his latest blog post, making the following comments:
“If you settle for the news headlines that say the ... + Read More
NonStory: The Shame of State University Budgets,
Sep 2, 2009
[
Stuart Schwartz
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This is the Connecticut state legislature working (!?)on budgets, including the University of Connecticut. And we wonder why so much of the taxpayer dollars are circling the drain? + Read More
What's Your Problem?
Sep 1, 2009
[
Karen Swallow Prior
]
If some critics of higher education have their way, the perpetual question asked of college students – “What’s your major?” – will be replaced by a new one: “What’s your problem?”
Seeking more practical, market-responsive approaches to college learning, Mark C. Taylor, a professor of religion at Columbia University, and others of like mind are calling for interdisciplinary curricula that focus on a problem rather than a discipline. Professor Taylor made headlines last April when he published a controversial New York Times essay suggesting, for example, that students could apply knowledge from various fields such as ... + Read More
Faith and Facebook
Aug 31, 2009
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Karen Swallow Prior
]
A report in Sunday’s Washington Post details the soul searching many users of Facebook (a site originally limited to college students but now expanded to the general public) undergo in order to “fill in the blank” in the “Religion” box of their profile page.
The report doesn’t offer any really new insights about this generation’s religious views, but does confirm that the religious beliefs and expressions of young people can by no means be considered “the faith of their fathers.” They embrace “spirituality” over “religion,” shun any cookie cutter labels, and embrace the mutability offered by the ... + Read More
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