Thoughts on Adventist Higher Education — Part 1 Written by: 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: