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

·     ⁠“What’s the Problem With Federal Loans?”⁠ – Benjamin Merkle

·     ⁠“The Financially Sustainable University: The Lost Decade”⁠ – Mark Krafft, Tom Dretler, and Jeff Selingo

·     ⁠“Higher Ed Must Change or Die”⁠ – Jason Wingard

·     ⁠“Student Loans Cost Taxpayers $645 Billion More Than We Were Told”⁠ – Andrew Gillen

·     ⁠CTEEReport Fall 2021⁠

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

·     “⁠Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education⁠” – Nathan D. Grawe

·     “⁠Who Is Ruining Our Universities? Administrators!”⁠ – Richard Vedder

·     ⁠SHEEO FY 2018 Report⁠

·     ⁠Trends in Student Aid Report 2018⁠

·     ⁠“Average Student Loan Debt 2024”⁠ – Jennifer Calonia

·     ⁠“Student Loan Debt Statistics”⁠ – Melanie Hanson

·     ⁠“The Uncomfortable Truth about Campus Rape Policy”⁠ – Emily Yoffe

·     ⁠Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God⁠

·     ⁠Give to Support the Work⁠

Books to Read

·     ⁠Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded Truth for a Leftist Agenda⁠ – Megan Basham