by Jena Dunn | Feb 2, 2020 | 2020, Academics, Recruiting, Winter
I have worked in Christian higher education for 11 years and often encounter people cringing at the mention of certificate programs in Bible. At best, certificates are viewed as remedial and something only offered by smaller Bible colleges that do not have the...
by Mark Liston | Feb 2, 2020 | 2020, Academics, Spiritual Life, Winter
Why measure student character development? Today college admissions fiercely compete for students. For many, necessity dictates that solvency transcends mission as students cannot learn if the school closes. With many higher education institutions choosing to be...
by April Crommett | May 21, 2019 | 2019, Academics, Spiritual Life, Spring
Faith integration involves developing content, weaving in how faith shapes our views, motives, or approaches, as well as how this is applied.If teaching at a Christian college were like any other teaching job, we professors could just go into a class and...
by Jennifer Ewing | May 21, 2019 | 2019, Academics, Library, Spring
Students experience many barriers to producing quality research. Library anxiety is one. They mistakenly believe that they should be able to navigate a library by the time they reach college, and they feel shame that they cannot. Alex Nunes suggests that this current...
by Donna Wright | May 20, 2019 | 2019, Academics, Spring
Over six million higher education students in the US take at least one course online.[1] Distance education, like its counterpart in the classroom, should deliver, through instructors, the best opportunity to learn possible. Providing a positive online experience can...
by Larry McKinney | May 20, 2019 | 2019, Academics, Presidents, Spring
I have spent more than 38 years of my professional life in Christian higher education, the first 33 years of that time in administration, before moving into my current consultative role in semi-retirement. Looking back on my varied professional experiences, I again...