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

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
• CTEE Report 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