The NCAA, NAIA, and Women’s Sports – 8/22/24
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The NCAA, NAIA, and Women’s Sports – 8/22/24
Real Answers – How to Send Your Students Off to College – 8/14/24
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“Real Answers” on Family Life
It’s that time of year again.
…And a first-time-EVER for many.
Student head off to college, and parents say goodbye and launch them into a new academic year…and a new season of their lives.
A Christian mental health counselor has some perspectives and recommendations on how to make this a productive transition, for parents and their students.
Christopher Anderson is a licensed counselor who talks about the real-world topics facing families. Listen for our “Real Answers” news feature two Wednesdays a month during the Family Life Noon Report, on the air and on our live streams. “Listen anytime” versions are posted among the “Family Life News” podcasts, on the website, the Family Life Now mobile app, and through many popular podcast platforms.
Keeping Christian Colleges open, vibrant, and valued – Faith Under Fire – 8/08/24
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Many Christian colleges — like their secular counterparts — are facing financial and enrollment pressures which threaten their futures.
Christian journalist Warren Smith, today’s guest on Family Life’s “Faith Under Fire”, analyzes the issues which have led to numerous faith-based schools retrenching, with some forced to merge or close their doors. He says decisions need to be made — by college administrators, by families with college-bound students, and by churches and denominations. If there is value to higher education with a Christian centering, there are ways to make that more feasible.
In addition to identifying problems with tuition costs and college debts, Smith has some success stories too: Christian universities which have “doubled down” on their unique identities, and some who have focused on degrees which reward graduates with high salaries and numerous career opportunities.
Warren Smith is president of MinistryWatch.com, a Christian news organization which covers national and global ministry organizations, transparency for Christian donors, and religious news across the spectrum. Ministry Watch has done extended coverage on Christian higher education, inspiring trends, and college closures (such as the recent one at Clarks Summit University in the Family Life listening area).
“Faith Under Fire” with Greg Gillispie is a Thursday news feature on the Family Life radio network, on the air and through our live streams. Expanded versions of those interviews are also available from our website and many podcast feed apps. Search for “Family Life News”.
The Closing of Clarks Summit – a Family Life Interview – 7/03/24
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The Closing of Clarks Summit – a Family Life Interview
Clarks Summit University, a Christian college and seminary in eastern Pennsylvania, has ceased operations. While there is grief and sadness surrounding the school’s closure this week, One leader on their staff shares with Family Life News stories of positive responses as well — gratitude, celebration, and a commitment to hope.
Lynze Mewhort has served as a program director and a dorm parent supporting students there. She talks about the immediate reactions among the students and staff at Clarks Summit, appreciation for what the school has done to shape lives and communities across its 90+ year history, and arrangements now underway to help current students transition to their next places.
This interview was part of the Family Life Noon Report on Wednesday, July 3.
Pennsylvania Congressman Glenn Thompson offered his reflections on Clarks Summit on Tuesday, July 2.
Issues in Education – 5/13/24
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Dr. Ralph Kerr discusses the weighty issues in the news as they pertain to public education on this week’s edition of “Issues in Education”
- Punishing Anarchists on College Campuses
- School Budget Preview in NY
- Those Accountable for FAFSA Woes Held Accountable
“Issues in Education” airs most Mondays during the academic year during the Family Life Noon Report. Dr. Ralph Kerr, a long-time principal and superintendent directs the Teaching and Learning Institute which advocates for students, families and educators from a Christian vantage point.
Capital Connection – This week’s legislative & social issues, in PA & NY – 5/10/24
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“Capital Connection” – This week’s legislative & social issues, in NY & PA – 5/10/24
Equality Amendment Gets the Boot
Proposed Tax Cut in Pa
Protecting Women’s Sports
Assisted Suicide Runs out of Steam
Anarchy in Academia
Christian Watchdogs Jason McGuire and Michael Geer discuss the latest issues in the news from Albany and Harrisburg on this edition of Family Life’s “Capital Connection”.
Listen each Friday during the legislative seasons — airing on the Family Life Noon Report, plus available from our podcast feeds and live streams.
A local Christian administrator’s take, on campus protests – 5/09/24
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Campus Protests_One Christian School’s View
This Family Life News Feature sought informed perspectives on the demonstrations and protests — and in a few cases, violence and anti-Semitic hatred — on some college campuses across the nation.
Dr. Wayne Lewis is president of Houghton University, a Christian school in Houghton, New York. In this conversation, Lewis:
- talks about his reactions not only to the protests, but the various ways university administrators responded to the campus disruptions
- asks why mistreatment of Jewish students was allowed, at schools where harassments and threats against any other group would not be tolerated
- says academia needs more freedom of speech and freedom of thought, for its students and professors from all along the social and cultural spectra
President Lewis says the ways that some campus demonstrations got out of control so quickly was predictable, considering how the past few years have magnified a “cancel culture” where some groups and issues are honored and celebrated, while differing views were silenced. He says that — especially in higher education — all positions and pronouncements should be subject to equal amounts of rigorous evaluation and analysis.
(For the record, Dr. Lewis says protests like this did not happen on their Southern Tier campus. Houghton’s baccalaureate and commencement ceremonies will happen this weekend, as scheduled.)
Portions of Greg Gillispie’s special Family Life interview first aired in the Noon Report and 5 O’Clock Report on May 9, 2024.
Protests, Back to Basics, and more “Issues in Education” – 5/06/24
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Mondays on the Family Life Noon Report, public schools advocate Dr. Ralph Kerr talks about the “Issues in Education” for Pennsylvania, New York, and the nation.
This week’s topics:
- College Protest Reaction
- FAFSA Glitches and their Implications
- Leveling the Playing Field in High School Sports
- NY’s “Back to Basics” Reading Program
- Wells College Closing
Family Life’s “Issues in Education” is available on the air, from our webpage, and wherever you listen to or download podcasts.
Dr. Ralph Kerr was a longtime principal and superintendent. He founded the Teaching and Learning Institute to encourage people of faith to run for school boards, be involved in local education, and stay informed about how to support students and teachers. TLI is online at WhyRun.org.
Capital Connection – 5/03/24
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Family Life’s “Capital Connection” – 5/03/24
Anti War Protests on U-S College Campuses
Medical Aid in Dying Act
School Choice in the PA Budget
New York’s War on Pregnancy Help Centers
McCormick / Casey Race Tightens
Christian watchdogs Jason McGuire with New York Families and Michael Geer with the Pennsylvania Family Institute discuss the weighty issues in the news from Albany and Harrisburg
Colleges & Protests, Israel & Hamas – 4/30/24
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In light of the growing number of campus protests at colleges across the nation — and as a growing number of those get more threatening and more violent — here is a special Family Life Interview with Dr. Steve Coleman, a political analyst from New York’s Southern Tier.
Noon Report anchor Bob Price talked with Coleman about these protests, how they are different from civil disobedience over the 1960s civil rights and Vietnam-era protests, and what university leaders have failed to do to quell the disturbances to provide the majority of their students the academic and social experiences their tuition and fees have paid for.
