Things should be what they are, in higher education as elsewhere. Colleges advertising a liberal-arts curriculum should immerse their students in literature, history, and philosophy. STEM giants such as Georgia … Continue reading “How to Find an Authentic Christian College”
A new college is opening its doors to students in the fall of 2023. In Costa Mesa, California, Hildegard College is offering students the chance to take their faith and … Continue reading “Faith, the Real World, and Liberal Arts: Turning College on Its Head at Hildegard”
Editor’s note: this essay is adapted from a talk delivered by Jessica Hooten Wilson at Word on Fire’s Good News Conference on November 7, 2021, in Orlando, Florida. Universities are … Continue reading “Universities Have Forgotten Their Purpose: Pursuing the Contemplative Life”
Editor’s Note: The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities will provide a rebuttal in the near future. I am counseling a young married couple experiencing serious financial hardship. Their financial … Continue reading “Are Christian Colleges Worth the Debt Burden?”
A recent cascade of investigative reporting on the shady business dealings of Jerry Falwell Jr. has raised some troubling questions about the controversial evangelical figure and his vision for Liberty … Continue reading “Liberty University: A Cautionary Tale”
In The Soul of the American University published in 1994, the historian George Marsden gave a powerful account of how once-great pillars and trend-setters of American higher education have abandoned … Continue reading “Can Independent Christian Study Centers Restore the Soul of Higher Education?”
When I question students at my Christian college about how their faith affects their learning practices, they stare blankly at me or scribble a note about being motivated by the … Continue reading “Simone Weil’s Christian Approach to Education”
An African-American pro-life speaker recently spoke at a Midwestern college and several members of the school’s student government declared the speaker “had made many students, staff, and faculty of color … Continue reading “The Coming Crises for Christian Colleges”
One of higher education’s perplexing questions is why, in a nation as diverse geographically, demographically, and philosophically as the United States, do most colleges and universities seem so much alike? … Continue reading “A College Grows on Black Mountain”
Campbell University starts a new engineering program in its effort to become a regional force in higher education.