By Ryan F. Smith, D.M.A. Want to listen to this article instead of reading? Click here to access our new podcast version. This article is a companion to a previous blog, “Dad, I Need to Pick a Major!”Are you stressed out about choosing a major? You’re not alone. I remember calling my undergraduate advisor during…
Dr. Ryan F. Smith Dad, I can’t wait to go to college! But I need to decide on a major for this application. There are forty-two possible options at this school, and 138 at the other one. How do I pick just one? Have you considered attending New Aberdeen, where you can earn a degree…
Dr. Ryan F. Smith Yesterday, Dr. Claudine Gay, the President of Harvard University, resigned after an embattled six-month tenure at the helm of our nation’s most prestigious institution. While these developments might seem localized, the issues related to Harvard are a bellwether of the American academy. Her resignation centers around two issues: anti-Semitism and plagiarism….
Dr. Ryan F. Smith The modern tenure system is a product of the secular academy’s effort to protect academic freedom. It is not surprising that the function of academic freedom, and specifically tenure, is a matter of much debate in Christian higher education.Quotations below are taken from the AAUP’s website, where the historical documents mentioned…
Both Scripture and biology provide objective standards for understanding our sexualityBy Dr. Ryan Smith “If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you…” From Rudyard Kipling, “If” Kipling’s insight is nowhere more evident than in the news that St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas, fired Dr….