Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic
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Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic
5 Church of Christ schools lead way
Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic
Tennessee s Freed-Hardeman University | Courtesy Freed-Hardeman University
Five of the 10 Church of Christ-affiliated universities have record enrollments this fall, as do several other primarily undergraduate United States schools emphasizing on-campus instruction while upholding biblical inerrancy.
The schools are distant outliers in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data for four-year private higher education, which showed that sector’s student body down 2% from last fall. The institutions hemorrhaged the worst with first-time students of traditional age 11.1% lower for those 18-20 and 29.9% among enrollees 21-24.
Feb 2, 2021
Richard Mark Spraker,70, died January 20, 2021, in Dunnellon, Fla. from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Richard was born in Utica, N.Y. May 14, 1950.
He attended Wheelerville Union Free School in Caroga Lake, N.Y. and graduated from Johnstown High School. He was active in track and football.
He earned an associate’s degree from Fulton-Montgomery Community College, served in the National Guard and was a member of the Caroga Lake Volunteer Fire Dept.
He was employed as a crew foreman for Rifenburg Construction in Troy, N.Y.
He married and moved to Highland Village, Texas, where he was employed by the city of Highland village and was responsible for street maintenance and repair and also acted as construction and building inspector.
A mix of classics and newcomers makes up the bestseller lists from December in China, with the approach of the Lunar New Year in February starting to lift sales of ‘Our New Year.’
On Shanghai’s Yingao West Road in the city’s Baoshan district, January 31. Image – iStockphoto: Scqbj-Jz
A Presidential Release and Traditional Favorites
In the last month of 2020, China’s bestseller lists were reflecting that duality of interest familiar to Publishing Perspectives readers a kind of tension between the market’s appreciation for classic literature and contemporary popular novels.
‘Sit for a While Tea House’ by Jia Pingwa
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