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Tim Clydesdale on College and Vocation

Tags: anxiety, beer and circus students, citizenship, college, college students, emerging adults, faculty, faculty deadwood, gelatin capsules, humble pie, institutional grumblers, Lilly Foundation, religious nones, resilience, sawdust path, sophomores, The College of New Jersey, transitioning teens, vocation

Early adulthood can be a very disorienting time for individuals as they wrestle with the practicalities of moving out on their own and beginning a professional career. What are colleges doing to encourage thoughtfulness about meaning in life when it comes to plotting out one’s life trajectory? Prof. Tim Clydesdale of The College of New Jersey discusses his evaluative research of a Lilly Foundation initiative to encourage colleges to incorporate the idea of “vocation” into their educational mission. We discuss what “vocation” is, how different schools have incorporated this theme into their curriculum, and what aspects of such programs seem to work best. While not strictly a discussion about religious vocation, this topic should be of interest to anybody interested in education and developing the whole person, spiritually or not.

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Joseph Castleberry on Religious-Based Higher Education

Tags: Assemblies of God, college, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, distance education, Emory University, faculty, James Laney, missionary work, Northwest University, online learning, Pentecostalism, Princeton University, recruiting students, student life, tuition costs, University of Washington

President Joseph Castleberry of Northwest University (NU) in Kirkland, WA discusses what it is like to run a religiously-based institution of higher education. We discuss the change NU recently made from college to university, Dr. Castleberry’s pathway to his position as president as well as the various challenges a small religious university faces in recruiting students and faculty, and maintaining a high level of scholarship while staying true to one’s religious mission. This is an excellent podcast for parents and high school students thinking about where to attend college.

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