U.S. News & World Report 2017 Best Colleges rankings recently recognized Covenant College as a top-tier national liberal arts college.
Read moreCovenant Expanding Influence to Auckland
Earlier this year, Covenant received a request to help institute a Christian liberal arts college in Auckland, New Zealand. Learning from previous initiatives, the college has instituted a new protocol on how to expand the availability of a Covenant Education.
Read moreEducation Reform
Last April, the Georgia Professional Standards Commission rocked the boat for educators by reforming the certification process and its requirements. Most importantly, future educators must pass the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) and complete three years of teaching experience to receive a Professional Certificate in Georgia.
Read moreObama's Free Education?
On Jan. 9, at Pellissippi Community College in Knoxville, Tenn., President Obama announced that he plans to make community college free for "all students if they attend classes at least half time and maintain a grade point average of 2.5 or better.” Under this proposal, entitled “America’s College Promise,” the federal government would provide 75 percent of funds, and the states would supply the rest. The program is expected to cost sixty billion dollars over the course of ten years. During his State of the Union address on Jan. 20, Obama revealed that some of the funds would be raised by altering the annual tax breaks, ultimately resulting in a “middle class economy.”
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