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June 25, 2015 by Karl Stevens
Soul Biscuits at Church of the Good Shepherd
People get PhDs because they love learning. When Elizabeth Thompson said this to me I realized how obvious it is, and wondered how I’d missed that basic fact. I’ve worked with professors for years, and have been part of many conversations about departmental committees and faculty politics – conversations in which we decry the corporatization […]Archives
June 19, 2014 by Karl Stevens
Who is the “typical college student?”
This article from Vox shows how antiquated some of our ideas about college are. You can read the whole article here. The movies and the media portray the typical college student as a fresh-faced high-school graduate, living on campus, going to college full-time. They probably ran an admissions gauntlet to get there. They might be […]Archives
January 30, 2014 by Praxis
Thoughts on the Future of Campus Ministry, Pt. 2
Here’s the second part of Karl Stevens’ article for Episcopal Cafe. You can read the whole article by following this link. What can parishes do for students? And how can those of us who specialize in campus ministry help parishes engage with the students in their midsts? To begin with, campus ministers need to understand […]Archives
January 6, 2014 by Karl Stevens
Only 20% of College Students Are What We Used to Consider “Traditional”
I’m interested in this article from Slate Magazine about Southern New Hampshire University. The whole article is worth reading, but this paragraph in particular caught my attention: Half the students who enroll in post-secondary education never get a degree but still accumulate debt. The low completion rate can be blamed partly on the fact that […]Archives
August 14, 2013 by Karl Stevens
Episode #27: The Luminous Part of You
In this week’s podcast Karl and Laurie talk about George Saunders’s commencement speech, delivered at Syracuse, in which he says: “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded…sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.” How well can Saunders’s simple and […]Archives
August 7, 2013 by Praxis