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"1,000 faith-based colleges and universities in the U.S. serve approximately 1.8 million students, and their enrollment has gone up between 1980 and 2020 compared to the national average for all colleges. Enrollment at religious institutions rose 82 percent over that time period, compared to 57 percent on average for U.S. colleges and universities, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics."

New commission on faith-based institutions launched A group of leaders of religiously affiliated colleges and universities gathered in Washington, D.C., for a first meeting hosted by the American Council on Education.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Yulia Razmetaeva!

New on the blog: Yulia Razmetaeva of reflects on the sacralization of the way we think and speak about AI.
https://talkabout.iclrs.org/2023/04/24/sacralization-of-ai/

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“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.” -Barack Obama