by David Agron, Ph.D. | Oct 18, 2017 | 2017, Board, Fall, Fundraising, Spiritual Life
Having to bring drug-sniffing dogs onto a Christian campus is a good learning opportunity. This school was not careful enough in vetting their new students for Christian commitment. Although they only accept Christian students, anyone can write a testimony and get a...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | May 10, 2017 | 2017, Board, Presidents, Spiritual Life, Spring
What do Christian colleges have in common with corporate America? Mission drift. So pervasive is this problem that it got the attention of the witty writers at The Onion, a satirical “news” publication. In a 2012 article, a fictitious CEO explains that his “company...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Jan 25, 2017 | 2017, Board, Presidents, Spiritual Life, Winter
Safeguarding against Mission Drift In the Middle Ages, kind-hearted Franciscan monks developed a charity model to make sure the poor could buy food and wisely manage their money. This model, called Montes Pietatius, was also intended to help protect the poor from...
by Samuel Ayers | May 3, 2016 | Academics, General, Spiritual Life, Spring
In the Christian college setting, it is dangerous to presume that all professors in all departments are integrating their faith in the classroom. It is also dangerous to presume that this topic is routinely addressed with new faculty or revisited in department...
by Michael R. Young | May 3, 2016 | 2016, Academics, General, Spiritual Life, Spring
The average attention span of students measured in the year 2000 was 12 seconds. In 2012 the length dropped to eight seconds. The attention span of a gold fish is nine seconds.[1] The digital age presents a problem for students. It is one of distraction and inability...
by Heather R. Hall | Oct 17, 2015 | 2015, Fall, Spiritual Life
The Need for Assessing the Spiritual Growth of Students On my journey to a PhD in Higher Education Administration, I became interested in the idea of assessing spiritual growth among Bible college students. Those involved in Biblical education propose that students...
