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. "Where are the jobs" is a hot topic on campus and has a lot of relationship to politics. Here's a sampler from Tom: 1. From Where the Jobs Are (and Aren't) [in Poli-Sci] (Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Education. 9/3/2010): During the … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Where the Jobs Are Edition
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Week in Review: No Christianity Please Edition
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. No Christianity Please, We're Academics: In Inside Higher Ed, Wheaton professor Timothy Larsen calls for universities and faculty to confront bias against Christians in higher education. Though there are some studies to back up his claims, he … [Read more...] about Week in Review: No Christianity Please Edition
InterVarsity’s Alec Hill on CLS v. Martinez
InterVarsity president Alec Hill – who formerly taught law at Seattle Pacific University – has written an opinion column on Christianity Today's website that offers some wisdom and insight on the CLS v. Martinez case (and I'm not just saying that because he's my boss). Like many other commentators, Alec wonders about the viability of an "all comers" policy: It is difficult to imagine a large university like Ohio State adopting an "all-comers" policy. Student groups representing affinity groups such as … [Read more...] about InterVarsity’s Alec Hill on CLS v. Martinez
More Reactions to CLS v. Martinez
Happy Fourth of July! Er - make that, the Fifth of July. In the spirit of the holiday, let's talk about the Bill of Rights. Last week, I posted some links and quotes about the Supreme Court's ruling on Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. Click here for my initial post about the ruling. What are your thoughts? How do you think this ruling will affect Christian organizations on college campuses? As you might expect, CLS has a thorough summary, analysis, and lots of links. Though this comes from CLS, this … [Read more...] about More Reactions to CLS v. Martinez
Christians and Conflict in the Academy
I'm going to try to link two current stories involving Christianity and the academy, and I'll be the first to admit that the attempt might not work. A big disclaimer: I am not an expert on either of these, so I'm going to provide some links at the bottom of the post. Today, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case CLS v. Martinez, in which a university and a Christian student organization disagree about who —legally speaking —has the right to belong to a student organization as a public university. Last … [Read more...] about Christians and Conflict in the Academy