The Institute for College Access & Success states in a press release today: Students who borrowed for college and earned bachelor’s degrees in 2011 graduated with an average $26,600 in student loan debt, up from $25,250 in 2010, according to a new report from the Project on Student Debt at The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS). This five-percent increase is similar to the average annual increase in recent years. The report also found that about two-thirds of the Class of 2011 had loans, and that private (non-federal) student loans comprised about one-fifth of what they … [Read more...] about Avg. Student Debt Nears $27,000 for class of 2011
Archives for October 2012
Tim Keller’s New Book: Every Good Endeavor
Today something wonderful happened. I stepped out of my office at work for a moment and returned to find this book on top of my file cabinet. No note. No envelope. It was just sitting there. Wow! Every Good Endeavor, which releases Nov. 13 but is available now for pre-order, deals with a topic I've written a few articles about: Making a connection between our work and God's work. In fact, it was Keller who led me to a Dorothy Sayers essay called Why Work? which I cited in Thriving at College. The book is divided into three parts: … [Read more...] about Tim Keller’s New Book: Every Good Endeavor
Dinesh D’Souza and King’s College
King's College has issued a statement (quoted in a Christianity Today article) in response to recent reports that Dinesh D'Souza, separated from his wife for the last two years, is now engaged to another woman: The Board of Trustees of The King’s College has, in recent days, learned that details of the personal life of our president, Dinesh D’Souza, including information about admitted difficulties in his marriage, would be published in a national magazine. While our board has been aware of some of these details, we were not aware of others and immediately met in special sessions as a board, … [Read more...] about Dinesh D’Souza and King’s College
What’s a Christian business owner supposed to do?
Mark Taylor, president of Tyndale House Publishers Inc. in Carol Stream, Ill., explains why Tyndale has joined the list of Christian organizations who have filed lawsuits against the HHS mandate. Why? As is now widely known, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has ruled that health insurance plans must provide contraceptives free of charge to all plan beneficiaries. As a Protestant, I don’t have a moral objection to contraceptives per se. But HHS defines contraception to include abortifacients such as Plan B (the morning-after pill), Ella (the week-after pill), and intrauterine … [Read more...] about What’s a Christian business owner supposed to do?
Thoughts on Serving and Greatness
I wrote a guest post for Bob Bevington's blog, Red Like Blood (which is also the title of his most recent book). My post is called Back to School: Thoughts on Serving and Greatness. Here's the opening: Jesus washed His disciples’ feet to communicate a principle: Christian leaders are to be servants. They get under others to lift them up, not over others to get ego gratification. (See this sermon.) You call me Teacher and Lord…If I then, your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Serving and Greatness