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Afternoon Update
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Religious Colleges Are Booming. Why?
The academy should have an answer to this malaise. But has our emphasis on scholarly independence caused us to ignore our responsibility to elevate moral purpose? As Dallin H.
The rising cost and fading promise of college in America Original
Your browser does not support the audio element. There was a time - not so long ago - when the value of a college degree was self-evident. It was the surest path to opportunity, the assumed next step after high school, a marker of merit and ambition. Parents planned for it. High schools funneled students toward it. And as a society, we treated college not just as a financial investment, but as a rite of passage, a symbol of upward mobility, and a cornerstone of civic life.
How faith-based colleges are saving a generation in crisis Original
Attendees watch as the BYUtv documentary “HIGHER ed: The Power of Faith-Inspired Learning” is screened during the American Council on Education’s Commission on Faith-Based Colleges and Universities held in the Justice Forum at the REACH of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 9, 2025. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News Generate Key Takeaways America’s college-age students are facing an emotional and directional crisis.
September 2025 - Deseret News
In the English town of Burnley, an American who once led Real Salt Lake to glory, fights for a small-market soccer club's success on the world's biggest stage.
Faith-based universities are growing for a reason
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Law of the harvest Original
At a time when colleges and universities are closing at the rate of one school per week and American higher education is concerned about college participation, the rate of enrollment in religious universities is exceeding the national average - and has been for decades. Of course, this seems to conflict with two popular narratives: declining interest in college and weakening religiosity in young people. What's really happening? Let's start with the data.
A spiritual mandate for educational innovation Original
The nation's higher education establishment is dealing with much more than a passing PR problem. From rising costs to questions about relevance and the very definition of moral character, recapturing public trust will demand substantive action and innovation. Parents, students and employers are looking for academic institutions to better reflect the needs and values of their communities.
Dare to be different
Editor's note: The following essay is part of Deseret Magazine's issue on the fate of the religious university, with contributions by presidents and scholars from Baylor University, BYU, Catholic University, George Fox University, Wheaton College and Yeshiva University, among others. President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, referenced this essay during a campus devotional on Sept. 13. Read all the essays here.
How religious universities can help restore the promise of American education Original
ducation opens doors. Students who realize lifetime earnings nearly double those with only a high school degree. Educational attainment breaks cycles of intergenerational poverty. College graduates are 3.5 times less likely to be in poverty than those who stop at high school graduation. Education predicts social mobility, personal development, and civic engagement. This transformative impact on the lives of students is why so many dedicated professionals pursue educational careers.
Preserving the Distinctive Light of Religious Schools
Preserving the Distinctive Light of Religious Schools Religious schools must differentiate on their unique spiritual purposes, even as they strive to tie into the broader academic community. Read Full Article »
Dare to be different
Editor's note: The following essay is part of Deseret Magazine's issue on the fate of the religious university, with contributions by presidents and scholars from Baylor University, BYU, Catholic University, George Fox University, Wheaton College and Yeshiva University, among others. President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, referenced this essay during a campus devotional on Sept. 13. Read all the essays here.
Deadline Looms for Borrowers Seeking Public Service Loan Forgiveness
A temporary relaxation of the requirements to qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could save millions of borrowers billions of dollars—but few of those borrowers have so far accessed the potential benefits. The situation offers an insight into the challenges of the student debt issue. Pragmatic solutions seem to gain little traction on social media and in the news.
Christ‘s Peace in Perilous Times
What Christ knew is that despite the tumult we feel all around us, God will prevail in the end. The text of this speech is being edited and will be available soon. Clark G. Gilbert, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered this devotional address on February 8, 2022.
Advice and Caution on Investing in a College Education
Making College Pay: An Economist Explains How to Make a Smart Bet on Higher Education by Beth Akers Crown, 2021, $25; 176 pages. The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make by Ron Lieber HarperCollins, 2021, $27.99; 368 pages. As reviewed by Christopher Avery In a typical year, more than 2 million recent U.S. high-school graduates begin college in the fall.
How will you measure your life? A tribute to the life of Clay Christensen
First, there was a heart attack. Then cancer. Then the stroke. In many ways it is a miracle that we had him as long as we did given these life-altering infirmities.
A Certificate, Then a Degree: Certificate-first programs can help tackle America’s college-completion crisis - Education Next
There’s plenty of high-profile concern and handwringing about college debt in the United States, with some aspiring presidential candidates offering dueling proposals to cancel all $1.5 trillion in outstanding student-loan obligations. But the far bigger problem affecting college-goers in America is a completion crisis. Far too many students who attend college do not graduate.
Clark Gilbert: Higher education doesn't just have an access problem - we have a completion problem
Adobe Stock Nearly 90 percent of students from the lowest income quartile do not graduate, according to data from the Pell Institute. Education is the gate to opportunity and a path to economic and social mobility. It can and should be one of the great equalizers of access to the American dream. Rightly so, much attention has been placed on ensuring we increase access, particularly in disadvantaged communities. We applaud efforts to help fund access to learning and to offer on-ramps to education.
Clark Gilbert: Higher education doesn't just have an access problem - we have a completion crisis
Adobe Stock Nearly 90 percent of students from the lowest income quartile do not graduate, according to data from the Pell Institute. Education is the gate to opportunity and a path to economic and social mobility. It can and should be one of the great equalizers of access to the American dream. Rightly so, much attention has been placed on ensuring we increase access, particularly in disadvantaged communities. We applaud efforts to help fund access to learning and to offer on-ramps to education.
Dual Transformation
Joseph Schumpeter’s “gale of creative destruction” has never blown more fiercely. Emerging technologies such as additive manufacturing and new business models such as asset-sharing platforms threaten to disrupt market leaders and reconfigure existing value chains. Innosight’s research projects that 50% of the S&P 500 will fall off the vaunted index in the next decade. What if leaders could tap into the underlying forces behind these kinds of changes to power new waves of growth for their companies?
Design Thinking for Higher Education
(Photograph by Michael Lewis/BYU-Idaho) Higher education has entered into an era of transition. Changing student demographics, rapidly evolving stakeholder demands, and new technologies are requiring universities to reconsider abiding assumptions about geography, time, and quality.
Two Routes to Resilience
Photography: Aurélien Mole Artwork: Henrique Oliveira, Desnatureza, Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2011, plywood, 3.1 x 3.8 x 3.6 m Sooner or later, your company will probably need to transform itself in response to market shifts, groundbreaking technologies, or disruptive start-ups. Some strategists suggest doing this quickly and aggressively, by making a clean break from the past and turning your firm into something entirely new.
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