Thoughts on Adventist Higher Education Part 1
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The most important question Adventist Higher Education can ask is,
“What should be our primary definition of success?”[1] Everything depends on the answer. There are many different responses that Adventist colleges and universities could give:
Enrollment
Percent who get jobs in their major after graduation
Percent who go on to get advanced degrees
Student/teacher ratios
Number of scholarships and subsidies provided
Number of professors with doctorates
Amount of research being done
Unfortunately, none of these provides an adequate answer. They are important, but not the
most important.
“What should be our primary definition of success?” I read many quotes like the following: