Higher Education

“The College Board has abandoned its plan to augment students’ SAT scores with an adversity score, a metric designed to control for privilege in the admissions process, after enduring months of criticism from educators and parents.” - National Review

“That’s the crux of the crisis—in order to attract students, schools are bringing in less money due to discounted tuition while at the same time spending more on upgrades. And they haven’t even reached the cliff.” - TGC

“Although college might be a road that some students enjoy, higher education is not an infallible route toward financial stability, nor is it the sole route toward a meaningful and profitable career.” - Intellectual Takeout

“… a new report this week in Inside Higher Ed describes the decision to cut a dozen divinity school faculty, its falling enrollment, and a new strategy to combat what it refers to as Liberty’s broader ‘struggles online and a shrinking applicant pool.’” - Christianity Today

“For over a decade, evangelicals have been the most skeptical subset of the American population about claims of catastrophic, anthropogenic global warming (CAGW). Don’t count on their staying that way.” - Cornwall Alliance

“Most of Taylor’s graduating class remained seated for the vice president, who received a standing ovation after the planned walkout.” - USA Today

“Beyond… the specifics of Warren’s proposal, I am more concerned about the message that it sends to Americans about the nature of debt and the promises freely made and the obligations freely assumed whenever anyone takes out a loan, whether for education, starting a business, or buying a house.” - Acton

“APU…does not require its students to be Christian, unlike about a third of fellow members of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities that require students to sign a statement of faith.” - Christianity Today

“After shedding its for-profit status, GCU becomes a bigger competitor for traditional Christian colleges.” - Christianity Today

“San Francisco Theological Seminary of California, founded in 1871 and the lone PC(USA) seminary located west of Iowa, recently entered an agreement with the University of Redlands that will make it into a new Graduate School of Theology.” - Christian Post