The Chronicle of Higher Education reports: More than one out of eight student-loan borrowers who entered repayment from October 1, 2008, to September 30, 2009, defaulted within three years, the U.S. Education Department announced on Friday as part of its first release of official data on cohort default rates for federal student loans measured over three years. The new figure on overall default rates, 13.4 percent, was released as the department switches from measuring the rates over three years instead of two. For-profit institutions had the highest average three-year default rates, at … [Read more...] about Student Default Rates Rise (Again)
Archives for September 2012
The Brain is a Muscle
Doug Wilson: “We tend to think of our students’ minds as finite shoeboxes, and we then think we must take special care not to put anything in there if we do not want it to remain there for life. But the brain is more like a muscle. A student who learns one language, such as Latin, is not stuck with his shoebox three-quarters full, with no room for Spanish. Rather the student has a mind that has been stretched and exercised in such a way that subsequent learning is much easier, not much harder. “Now of course this kind of mental discipline could be acquired by requiring of the students … [Read more...] about The Brain is a Muscle
The (Often Determinative) Importance of Youth
J.C. Ryle: “Youth is the seed time of full-age, the molding season in the little space of human life, the turning-point in the history of man’s mind. By the shoot we judge of the tree, by the blossoms we judge of the fruit, by the spring we judge of the harvest, by the morning we judge of the day, and by the character of the young man, we may generally judge what he will be when he grows up.” From Thoughts for Young Men (Calvary Press) … [Read more...] about The (Often Determinative) Importance of Youth
How Would Mitt Romney Help the Poor?
In the aftermath of Governor Romney's now famous comments about government dependency, many are wondering how the Governor would seek to assist those in need. That's why I found the Governor's twenty minute speech at the Clinton Global Initiative interesting. He outlined some specific kinds of foreign aid policies he would pursue, and also gives a fairly articulate defense of the value of work, liberty, and free enterprise. … [Read more...] about How Would Mitt Romney Help the Poor?
What is morality other than harm?
Collin Hansen interacts with Tim Keller and Albert Mohler on the societal assumption that what makes something immoral is that it hurts someone else. If nobody is hurt, than an action cannot be immoral. But this presupposes that we understand the purpose for which humans were designed and created: HT: JT … [Read more...] about What is morality other than harm?
Chick-fil-A will continue giving to pro-family organizations
Update: Chick-fil-A is now reporting that their corporate giving has been mischaracterized. Also, Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family, has released a statement. Daly writes: "I feel bad the Cathys are having to endure accounts mischaracterizing their values and charitable efforts." (I'll leave the original post below, but please note that these media reports apparently stem from erroneous information.) That's what the L.A. Times and USA Today are reporting: The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA), which dubs itself the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group … [Read more...] about Chick-fil-A will continue giving to pro-family organizations