Pastors Tim and Juergen discuss the latter’s education in Germany and his move to the United States to teach economics at Indiana University’s (now named) Kelley School of Business. Juergen recounts how he and his wife, Ilsa, came to faith through the witness and compassion of members of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA).

The discussion then turns to the discipline of economics, Juergen’s working relationships with various financial institutions, the fiscal crises of European nations, the harm done to Russia by American economists, and Juergen’s early experiences with online education at IU—all back in the nineties. 

Today, there is a near-monopoly of online education for earning an MBA at Kelley. Tim and Juegen discuss the difference between in-person and online education for undergrad as opposed to grad students, the utility of community colleges, the shrinking enrollment at IU caused by demographics and the change in our foreign relations with China, and the growing proportion of women (as opposed to men) enrolled in institutions of higher education and professional schools today.

They end with a lengthy discussion of things parents and their sons and daughters should consider in choosing a college, ending with the limitations and benefits of small and big, and Christian and secular, colleges and universities.
 

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Out of Our Minds Podcast: Pastors Who Say What They Think. For the love of Christ and His Church.

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