Tuition Discounting and Revenue: It’s Complicated — Because of high institutional discount rates and large percentages of students receiving grants that cover a substantial portion of tuition and fees, average growth in net tuition revenue per freshman has been limited in recent years, growing 3.4 percent in 2012 and expected to grow only 1.1 percent […]
Presbyterian’s Procedural Problems
Presbyterians’ Procedural Problems — Joseph D. Small, director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Theology and Worship from 1989 to 2011, presents a case study on church body governance and polity in the PC-USA General Assembly’s decision to approve same-sex marriag
Catholic School Hires Gay, Fires for Same-Sex Marriage
Catholic School Hires Gay, Fires for Same-Sex Marriage — This case may be noteworthy for Christian educators, given the reported sequence of its development. Administrators, boards, and sponsoring bodies are facing increasingly complex conditions as they seek to sustain a practice of Law and Gospel.
Southwestern Christian University Expels Student for Same-Sex Marriage
Southwestern Christian University Expels Student for Same-Sex Marriage — A lesbian student who married her partner was expelled from an Oklahoma university one semester shy of her sports management degree. Christian Minard, 22, who belongs to an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregation in Oklahoma City, is a Christian, but her decision to marry her […]
Wheaton College and the ACA Contraception Mandate
Wheaton College and the ACA Contraception Mandate — The Supreme Court has granted Wheaton College an injunction against the ACA contraception mandate. The court’s action is discussed in a set of articles at SCOTUSblog. Note also the distinctions detailed in the GetReligion coverage.
A Reflection on Mark Schwenn’s Exiles From Egypt
A Reflection on Mark Schwenn’s Exiles From Eden — Schwenn published Exiles From Eden: Religion and the Academic Vocation in America some twenty years ago, in which he challenges higher education’s substituting an emphasis on research in place of human formation. This brief article, “Teaching Viritues,” revisits that theme.
The Hobby Lobby Decision
The Hobby Lobby Decision — Coverage of the Supreme Court Decision from SCOTUSblog and from the Pew Forum. Begins Pew: An analysis of the Supreme Court ruling shows that the decision is limited in its impact on religious-liberty rights and the Obama administration’s health care overhaul.
