Category: Education

Saturday Links

Feb 9, 2013

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Culture, Demography, Economic Development, Economics, Education, Environment, Gender and Sex, History, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Social Media, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. I love maps and charts. Naturally, I was drawn to this: 36 Maps That Explain The Entire World. Here is just one example: 2. Roger Pielke, Jr., says It's Time to Bury the Easterlin Paradox. "The Easterlin paradox suggest that in terms of human happiness — a squishy concept to be sure — there…
What the Public Knows – In Pictures, Maps, Graphs and Symbols

Feb 6, 2013

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mwkruse

in Current Affairs, Demography, Education, Politics, Sociology

Pew Research: What the Public Knows – In Pictures, Maps, Graphs and Symbols The latest update of the Pew Research Center’s regular News IQ quiz uses a set of 13 pictures, maps, graphs and symbols to test knowledge of current affairs. (To take the quiz yourself before reading this report, click here.) At the high…
Saturday Links

Jan 26, 2013

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mwkruse

in Business, Culture, Demography, Economics, Education, Generations, History, Links – Saturday, Politics, Religion, Science, Technology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Social

1. Lots of news outlets picked up on this story about technology displacing humans. In The Future, Machines May Have All The Jobs. We all know where this leads. Seriously, technological innovation always creates dislocations. Fear of machines replacing humans goes back to the beginning of the industrial revolution. The economy has always adapted, and…
About That Overpopulation Problem

Jan 9, 2013

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mwkruse

in Demography, Education, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, International Affairs, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Five years ago, I wrote a piece called, Technophysio Evolution and Demographic Transition, explaining the dynamics and trends of global population growth and decline. Slate has an excellent article explaining the Demographic Transition Model. Slate: About That Overpopulation Problem Research suggests we may actually face a declining world population in the coming years. The world’s…
Saturday Links

Jan 5, 2013

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mwkruse

in China, Christian Life, Culture, Demography, Ecclesia, Economic Development, Education, Emerging Church, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Saturday, Public Policy, Religion, Sports and Entertainment, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

1. Building Congregations Around Art Galleries and Cafes as Spirituality Wanes "… Although the number of evangelical churches in the United States declined for many years, the trend reversed in 2006, with more new churches opening each year since, according to the Leadership Network's most recent surveys. This wave of "church planting" has been highest…
How Religion Is Making a Comeback on College Campuses

Jan 3, 2013

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Education, Religion

The Daily Beast: How Religion Is Making a Comeback on College Campuses A dramatic shift in the global landscape has made religion a pressing issue on college campuses again. Douglas and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen, authors of No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education, on how higher education found faith. One in three Americans under the…
Only one of the top 9 occupations expected to create the most jobs this decade (nursing) requires a 4-year college degree

Dec 18, 2012

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mwkruse

in Business, Education, Trends: Economic, Vocation

Carpe Diem: Only one of the top 9 occupations expected to create the most jobs this decade (nursing) requires a 4-year college degree The chart above shows the 30 occupations that are expected to experience the largest job growth between 2010 and 2020, according to employment forecasts from the BLS. Between 2010 and 2020, the…
Saturday Links

Dec 8, 2012

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mwkruse

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Like the Kruse Kronicle on Facebook if you want links to daily posts to appear in your Facebook feed. Here are this week’s Saturday links. 1. To celebrate the Christmas season, Deck the Halls with Macro Follies 2. The Explosion of 15th Century Printing: A Data Visualization “… Drawing on data from the [Harvard] university’s…
Saturday Links

Nov 24, 2012

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Demography, Education, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Saturday, Politics, Public Policy, Technology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Vocation

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. There are fewer links this week. Enjoy! 1. The last typewriter rolls off the assembly line. 2. Abraham Lincoln's spirituality has been a constant topic of debate among historians. The new Lincoln movie has resurfaced the debate. Film revives questions about Abraham Lincoln's faith, but offers few answers.…
Why College May Be Totally Free Within 10 Years

Oct 15, 2012

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mwkruse

in Education, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Time: Why College May Be Totally Free Within 10 Years … Yet if Wadhwa is right the student debt problem will take care of itself—at least as it relates to the next generation and those that follow. Online courses will proliferate to such a degree that acquiring knowledge will become totally free. There will still…