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. Newly Customized Majors Suit Students With Passions All Their Own (Ilana Kowarski. Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/9/2010): Is this what it takes to get creative students to go to Drexel? Note: a little dig at my [Tom] friends who are … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Passionate Classics Edition
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Week in Review: Why Can’t We Be Friends? 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. In the last Week in Review we kicked off with highlighting Seth Godin's take on the coming melt-down in higher education. Since then, the Chronicle of Higher Education thought Godin's piece was worth posting. That action, along with the … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Why Can’t We Be Friends? Edition
Week in Review: Faith, Reason, and YouTube 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. Mike will write a longer post about this on Monday, but Bruce Waltke's departure from Reformed Theological Seminary – following his appearance in a video posted on the Biologos Foundation's website – has been making big news. (In case you … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Faith, Reason, and YouTube Edition
Anonymity as the Way?
Do you agree with the below quotes from News Sites Rethink Anonymous Online Comments (Richard Perez-Pena. NY Times. 4/11/2010)? “Anonymity is just the way things are done. It's an accepted part of the Internet, but there's no question that people hide behind anonymity to make vile or controversial comments,” said Arianna Huffington, a founder of The Huffington Post. “I feel that this is almost like an education process. As the rules of the road are changing and the Internet is growing up, the trend is away … [Read more...] about Anonymity as the Way?
Week in Review: Behold the Man 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. Christine Sine posted Godspace's Complete Lenten Series for 2010, including material for Good Friday and Easter. Thank-you to Christine for organizing this great resource for followers of Christ on their Lenten journey. Photo: "Ecce Homo" … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Behold the Man Edition