Why Your College Degree Probably Doesn't Matter
October 13, 2023
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as posted by the channel"Whenever I speak to prospective students from a recruitment perspective, I want to always put out there—maybe you don't need to go to college."
In this clip, Dr. Benjamin Merkle, President and Senior Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College, joins us to discuss the lies colleges tell when recruiting, and answers the question: When does your college degree matter? Why is tuition so high? What happened to higher education?
In the full episode of "Moment of Truth," Nick sits down with Dr. Benjamin Merkle, President and Senior Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College, to discuss the state of Christian higher education, why college admissions counselors lie, the reality about college degrees and job prospects, and why a college degree may not matter as much as you think.
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Dr. Ben Merkle is the president of New Saint Andrews College, as well as a Fellow of Theology. He holds a DPhil in Oriental Studies and an MSt in Jewish Studies from Oxford University, England; an MA degree in English Literature, a Greyfriars Letter, and a BS in Education (Secondary Education-Chemistry, with a minor in History) both from the University of Idaho. He is a teaching elder Christ Church, Moscow, regularly preaching at their downtown service. Dr. Merkle is the author of The White Horse King (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2009) and Defending the Trinity in the Reformed Palatinate (Oxford University Press 2015). He and wife Rebekah have five children.
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