The Master’s College has been ranked 2nd (tied) in the West (in the top tier) as one of America’s Best Colleges 2007 in the Best Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor’s category by U.S. News and World Report. This marks the 7th year in a row that TMC was listed in the top tier of western region bachelor’s degree… Read More »
Scot McKnight has a tip on being a better writer: read the best writers. I’m about to disappear for a couple of weeks. You can pray for my family if you think of it.
from a former student… so i’m reading this book my professor suggested, “the greatness of the kingdom” by alva mcclain and it hit me. You are still making me study and you’re like 10,000 miles away! thanks a lot.
Today is the last day of the school year, completing ten years of college teaching for me. I thought I might reflect back on that with a list of things that I, as a teacher, have learned. Those who have taught for any significant amount of time won’t find any surprises here, but I know… Read More »
Money Magazine has the details on salary and job growth for archaeologists and historians (HT: Explorator). Based on salary and job prospects though, a college professor is the second best job in America. Average pay is $81k and expected job growth over the next 10 years is 31%. 75% of college profs make more than… Read More »
Mortimer Adler, who wrote How to Read a Book, has penned a short essay on How to Mark a Book. If you read, this essay is worth reading. I don’t agree with everything that he says, but he says much that is valuable, especially for those who are now developing reading habits for a lifetime… Read More »
At the semester-end party, I jokingly suggested that if students were going to throw away their Land and Bible class notes that they not put them in the donate bins where I might find them and feel bad. The students’ audible reaction was that no one would ever throw away those notes. But I’ve seen… Read More »
One of the themes of this blog seems to be related to the life of a teacher and student. Those posts seem to get the most comments, which isn’t necessarily the best way to judge the value of a post, but it’s the only way I have. Paper grading is almost finished for the semester… Read More »
Following yesterday’s post I was asked to give some tips for writing. I have chosen not to mention specific grammatical rules or to list the “Most Frequent Mistakes in IBEX Papers” that I have in my Research Paper Guide. Instead I have four general principles to becoming a better writer. 1. Pay attention to how… Read More »
I did write some things about Italy and Malta while on the trip and I had planned to massage those into a post or two (with photos, as Amy requests :-)), but all of my files are in my office and I usually blog at home. Especially these days as I clear the decks and… Read More »