3.60 Benjamin R. Merkle, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • "Big Ed, Too Big to Fail"

Nov 18, 2024

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3.59 – Merkle Interview Show Notes

Timestamps

· 00:36 – Intro

· 03:14 – How Dr. Merkle Became the President of New Saint Andrews

· 06:43 – What is the Crisis of Higher Education?

· 09:25 – What is the Idea of ‘Big Ed’?

· 13:38 – Looking at Education as Parent and Fellow Educator

· 20:13 – Christian Universities Mirroring ‘Big Ed’

· 23:08 – How Many Christian Universities Are Saying We Need to Move to the Right?

· 24:17 – Don’t Take Government Funds

· 27:52 – Government Coercion and Accreditation

· 30:47 – What is Unique About New Saint Andrews?

· 34:34 – What about Someone Who Wants to Pursue Liberal Arts?

· 36:38 – What Models Influenced NSA?

· 41:16 – What Is Necessary to Begin Thinking about Providing This Type of Education?

· 43:18 – Do We Include Local Churches as a Necessary Element?

· 44:11 – How Does Gender Play a Part in NSA’s Model of Education?

· 50:24 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

Resources to Click

· “⁠Encore: Big Ed, Too Big to Fail”⁠ – Benjamin Merkle

· ⁠“The Great Interruption”⁠ – Bill Conley and Robert Massa

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