The God Quad
Posted by anastasia on 01-05-2005Maybe Gen Y should be Gen G for Generation "Godly." Reveries summarizes an article from the Wall Street Journal that reports, "America's 700-plus religiously affiliated colleges and universities are enjoying an unprecedented surge of growth and a revival of interest." Now of all the Gen Y is "good" talk, these stats are more convincing to me than other recent articles I've read.
According to the book "God on the Quad" by WSJ reporter Naomi Schaefer Riley, "the number of students attending the 100 schools of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities … rose 60 percent between 1990 and 2002," during which time "attendance at nonreligious public and private schools stayed essentially flat." The number of "missionary generation" graduates expected? 1.3 million.
What is Gen G doing at these Christian colleges? Ms. Riley writes: "Most dress modestly and don't drink, use drugs or smoke … They study hard, leaving little time for sitting in or walking out. Most vote, and a good number join the army. They are also becoming lawyers, doctors, politicians, college professors, businessmen, psychologists, accountants, and philanthropists in the cultural and political centers of the country."
They also don't do anything "premarital," and at some of these schools, TV is forbidden.
Categorized under: Christian Teen Media, Education
