National Post – September 14, 2010
Not everyone needs a debt-financed university degree to be complete
By Matt Gurney
Last week StatsCan put out a report saying that, even while the comparable rate across the industrialized world fell to 14%, the percentage of Canadian teenagers not attending school remains stuck at 20%. One in five Canadians between 15 and 19 is a pretty big number, but it varies widely by province and territory – in Yukon and Nunavat, it’s one-third of teenagers, in New Brunswick, only 14%. Alberta leads the provinces with 26%. Read more...(265 words, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)
One area of huge savings is the purchase of college textbooks. As this article notes, college textbooks are hugely expensive and among the most “outrageously overpriced products.” Post-secondary schooling is run like a cartel and a huge cultural brainwashing machine has most people thinking that there is no credible option for success in this life outside of the status quo in-class approach. Read more...(179 words, estimated 43 secs reading time)
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Why do Christian parents consistently abdicate stewardship over the minds and worldviews of their young people at one of the most formative periods of life? Why do God-fearing families surrender their sons and daughters as hostages to a morally bankrupt education system, knowing that their likely ransom will be violated convictions and unbelief?Read more...(596 words, 6 images, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)
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Parents and students are getting very savvy by combining high school and college, known as dual credit.
Homeschool families are especially quick to embrace the idea of dual credit. However, when families discover that typical dual credit programs require students to sit in a college classroom or study secular curriculum, the luster of dual credit quickly fades. Read more...(338 words, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)
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Do you really want to be paying out EVEN MORE hard-earned money to to fund a university’s bad management and to subsidize mediocrity? CollegePlus!, a Christian coaching service for self-motivated undergrad students might be an option for you. This is an alternatiave for those who want to maximize their use of Distance Learning options to secure their Bachelor’s more quickly and efficiently at less cost. Learn more below. Read more...(306 words, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)
CollegePlus! – March 2010
Life Purpose Planning Helps a Student Find Her Calling
By Linnea Caswell
“Why am I here?”
It’s a big, scary question. It’s a question everyone asks at some point. It’s a question CollegePlus! helps students answer using a technique called “Life Purpose Planning”. CollegePlus! graduate Elizabeth Hougland, from Illinois, shares how Life Purpose Planning helped her take a big, broad goal to “glorify God” and distill it into a purpose statement that infuses life with an eternal perspective. Read more...(927 words, estimated 3:42 mins reading time)
OneNewsNow – April 14, 2010
Commencements tilting decidedly left
By Bill Bumpas and Jody Brown
As colleges and universities across the country get ready for spring graduation ceremonies, one conservative organization is releasing data it says shows a “clear liberal bias” in schools’ selection of commencement speakers. Read more...(177 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)
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