by David Agron, Ph.D. | Mar 8, 2021 | 2021, Assessment, Spiritual Life, Spring
When families entrust their sons and daughters to a Christian college, they are likely to expect some positive spiritual outcomes, but have too often been stunned to find their child’s faith and personal relationship with the Almighty shattered. Many prospective...
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 David Agron, Ph.D. | Oct 16, 2018 | 2018, Fall, Spiritual Life
Christian colleges founded with offering plate money have shown a disturbing ability to drift away from the purposes for which so many had previously sacrificed. Aren’t administrators that lead a Christian institution away from Kingdom purposes guilty of grand...
by David Agron, Ph.D. | Oct 16, 2018 | 2018, Assessment, Fall, Spiritual Life
Just as colleges are required to make public their consumer outcomes (e.g., graduation rate, retention rate, employment rate), we believe Christian colleges should also make public their spiritual outcomes. Having proposed this to the ABHE Commission on accreditation,...
by Jennifer King | Jun 1, 2018 | 2018, Academics, Spring
This is a true story: the assessment coordinator at a small college wanted to find an excellent sample — the best example of student work in an ePortfolio that met the rubric criteria for the institutional student learning outcome of Written Communication. By the...
