- April 8th, 2007, 4:35 pm
#75807
While some will inevitably point out the power stuggle ongoing at Baylor; from a purely organizational improvement standpoint, it does serve LU well to keep tabs on how its peer institutions are moving and shaking in the higher education landscape.
I would like to see an explicit dialogue with accompanying policies set in motion at LU that would provide tangible evidence of a concerted committment to academic standards that Baylor has set as a priority as well as an assimilation into the dialogue with & within the cultural mediums that Biola has undertaken.
(Perhaps there should be a consortium of these higher profile distinctly christian colleges, i.e. Liberty, Biola, Pepperdine, Baylor, Asuza Pacific, Regent, ORU, etc. similar to the idea of a Catholic Network of Colleges where you have the marquee institutions and then the smaller 4 year ones. By loosely associating with one another, perhaps they could share resources, create social networking opportunities, provide contacts, work on research projects with one another as they would approach the source material (science, medicine, etc.) from a basic similar worldview. Just a thought.)
I personally think that, although Biola is smaller as far as the athletic arena is concerned, they are an institution that the LU ptb would benefit from by observing, studying and dialoguing with as LU attempts to back up its sometimes grandiose claims of being the largest and highest quality of its brand of eductional service, or at the very least being aware of as it continues to develop and refine its product. (Largest by default at this stage, but highest quality is going to take a continued concerted effort to keep it up and push the envelope of academic reputation and offerings.)
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I would like to see an explicit dialogue with accompanying policies set in motion at LU that would provide tangible evidence of a concerted committment to academic standards that Baylor has set as a priority as well as an assimilation into the dialogue with & within the cultural mediums that Biola has undertaken.
(Perhaps there should be a consortium of these higher profile distinctly christian colleges, i.e. Liberty, Biola, Pepperdine, Baylor, Asuza Pacific, Regent, ORU, etc. similar to the idea of a Catholic Network of Colleges where you have the marquee institutions and then the smaller 4 year ones. By loosely associating with one another, perhaps they could share resources, create social networking opportunities, provide contacts, work on research projects with one another as they would approach the source material (science, medicine, etc.) from a basic similar worldview. Just a thought.)
I personally think that, although Biola is smaller as far as the athletic arena is concerned, they are an institution that the LU ptb would benefit from by observing, studying and dialoguing with as LU attempts to back up its sometimes grandiose claims of being the largest and highest quality of its brand of eductional service, or at the very least being aware of as it continues to develop and refine its product. (Largest by default at this stage, but highest quality is going to take a continued concerted effort to keep it up and push the envelope of academic reputation and offerings.)
Baylor Tops Best Christian Colleges
By Doug Huntington
Christian Post Reporter
Thu, Mar. 29 2007 04:11 PM ET
Baylor University tops the list of the best Christian colleges in the nation, according to a ratings system created by a prominent Christian magazine.
RELEVANT, a bimonthly Christian magazine whose purpose is to impact culture, released its first ever “Top 5 College Rankings” in the March/April 2007 issue, compiling the top Christian schools from around the nation.
Christian schools have often been overlooked by national college ranking reports in the past, and the magazine editors felt it was important to let those interested in a Christian-based school know about the varied academic offerings in the United States.
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