I’ve written to friends today in response to the helpful pushback I received in comments on my original post about not needing the GRE...

Readers of this blog who are thinking of Ph.D. studies are not likely heading into programs requiring mathematical prowess. (If you are,...

I’ve been teaching study skills seminars in one form or another for many a year. I took a study skills course myself when I was a...

The recent controversies in Quebec about the government there requiring a course on  ethics and religious culture to be taken by every...

In a lovely note from someone in a recent audience of mine, two questions were raised. I thought you might like to read how I...

Martin E. Marty, the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity at the Divinity...

I’m on vacation for one more week and will post some new stuff after that. In the meanwhile, however, here is a link to several excellent...

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has long enjoyed a reputation within North American evangelicalism as a relatively large, relatively...

Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) has dismissed Dr. Bruce Waltke because he recently stated publicly two radical convictions: (1) that...

As some readers of this blog know, the Canadian Association of University Teachers has criticized Trinity Western University for failing...

In the comments section of the last post, one commentator asks me to define underrepresentation and my grounds for believing it...

My recent post on “International Women’s Day” prompted a spirited exchange about affirmative action and prioritizing of diversity (not...

George Steiner concludes his coruscating (if sometimes also dazzling, in both senses of the word) Lessons of the Masters with this...

Plagiarism is a vital problem in academic work, since the academy is a culture of both honour and honesty. (Don’t get me started on how...

Research is now confirming what a lot of us have known for a long time: flitting back and forth between a lecture and MSN or tweets or...

This seems to be my week for opining on Christians and higher education. This article, published as a column in Canada’s leading journal...

I’ve just returned from a cruise up the Inside Passage of British Columbia to the Panhandle of Alaska. Professors can’t afford a cruise...

Eldest son Trevor has just graduated B.A. in History from Simon Fraser University (SFU), a fine school located in suburban Vancouver....

Yet another post for the National Post, this one reflecting on the recent Maclean’s article suggesting Canadians are racists. (I have to...

When we turn to teaching, several public goods come into view. Let’s begin with something pretty basic. The Christian university...