The Four-Year College Graduation Myth – Newsweek
An interesting, if not enlightening, read. I have to agree. Four years is a myth for a lot of people. Here’s a taste. For many college students today, Rajabi’s predicament is commonplace. College is...
View ArticleThe Shadow Scholar
Scary, yet I imagine I can think of a few students in my classes who have used this tactic already. I’ve written toward a master’s degree in cognitive psychology, a Ph.D. in sociology, and a handful of...
View ArticleStudent Loans and Crushing Debt: The Price of Higher Education
This is pretty scary. America’s student debt at the end of 2010 is nearly $880 billion. That number is growing by more than $2,800 dollars per second. And there appears to be no end in sight. Student...
View ArticleHonor and Cheating Students
The American Scholar has an interesting article published on the increase of students cheating in their classes in order to get ahead. Here is a snippet: One of the gloomiest recent reports about the...
View ArticleIn Support of Christopher Rollston (and a Reply to T.M. Law)
Today, Jim West published an article on Bible and Interpretation calling upon Emmanuel to do what is right, from a Christian perspective–and he makes some very good points. Jim Davila wrote a...
View ArticleShort Overview of Karen King’s ‘The Gospel of Mary of Magdala’
This semester I had to write a (very) short overview of King’s premise and why it’s important. I share it here, for my readership. Enjoy. Karen King’s The Gospel of Mary of Magdala Karen King’s...
View ArticleFall Approacheth!
In just a few weeks, my summer will end and the Fall Semester will have kicked off officially. When that happens, I will be blogging more regularly again on this site. It should prove to be an...
View ArticleStudents, What Have I to do with Thee?
So we are now finishing up our first week of class and it seems like it is going to be an interesting semester. In my ‘Jesus’ class, most of the students are very religious. That’s fine. But I am...
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