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Week in Review

Week in Review: Show Me the Money

June 25, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Who pays for higher education, in the U.S. and around the world? Scott Jaschik interviews (by email) the authors of Financing Higher Education Worldwide (D. Bruce Johnstone & Pamela N. Marcucci. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) in … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Show Me the Money

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: coal, continuing education, For-Profit Education, Introverts, medicine, Money, Social Media, STEM, wendell berry

Week in Review: Kuyper at the World Cup Edition

June 18, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Dutch Soccer Fans

What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Christian Philosophy, Anyone? I spent a week in May with about fifteen other people, reading and discussing key sections of a four-volume tome with the forbidding title A New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Most of those present confessed … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Kuyper at the World Cup Edition

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith, Week in Review Tagged With: Abraham Kuyper, academic culture, astrophysics, book recommendation, Christian Philosophy, Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, culture, free speech, Herman Dooyeweerd, interfaith dialogue, Jennifer Wiseman, Neocalvinism, science

Week in Review: World Cup Edition

June 11, 2010 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

Lego recreation of Maradonna's Hand of God goal

What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Faith and Freedom (Inside Higher Ed, June 9): Our brothers and sisters to the north are facing an interesting debate. The Canadian Association of University Teachers (the largest Canadian faculty association) has begun a campaign to … [Read more...] about Week in Review: World Cup Edition

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: academic freedom, canada, faculty burnout, history, humanities, literature, Social Media, star trek, teaching

Week in Review: Copying Lots of Books Edition

June 4, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. What's a book? How do you prefer to read? Verlyn Klinkenborg in Further Thoughts of a Novice E-Reader (NY Times Editorial, 5/28/2010) weighs in with some negative thoughts on digital reading, even with the I-Pad! Is this generational or do we … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Copying Lots of Books Edition

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: alan jacobs, books, Christine Sine, commonplace books, digital reading, Kingdom of God, Not for Profits, pixar, plagiarism, syncroblog

Week in Review: Culture Gaps, Identity, Transitions

May 28, 2010 by Micheal Hickerson Leave a Comment

What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. More on Waltke: Christianity Today has published a summary of the story of Bruce Waltke's resignation and reactions to it. If you remember, ESN posted a long summary of the situation with many links. 2. Putting Abortion on the Curriculum: In … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Culture Gaps, Identity, Transitions

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Week in Review Tagged With: abortion, Book recommendations, bruce waltke, Elaine Ecklund, God on the Quad?, identity, integration, Lamp Post, online communication, science, Social Media, tenure track

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