UPDATED 4/30/11: Information from The Press Enterprise has been added to this article. By Educate Truth Staff Aug. 20, 2010 According to a Press Enterprise* article dated Saturday May 22, 1999, “A group of La sierra University students complained to the board of trustees Friday that certain required courses lack appropriate emphasis on Jesus and…
Educate Truth shares the following excerpts from Inside Higher Ed as a service to readers. Opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Educate Truth. April 12, 2011 By Libby A. Nelson A Seventh-day Adventist university in California that ran afoul of the church for emphasizing evolution alongside creationism in biology…
La Sierra University recently sent out a letter apologizing for a manner of teaching that left the majority of the (surveyed) biology students with the perception that the university and specifically its biology department did not support the Adventist position on creation. The letter and the survey will be parsed and recommendations for rectifying the…
By Educate Truth Staff June 2010 the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) issued a letter to La Sierra University president Randal Wisbey, stating it would return for a special visit spring 2011, because of what WASC considered a threat to LSU’s institutional autonomy and academic freedom. There has been no word about exactly…
Educate Truth shares the following document La Sierra University as a service to readers. April 5, 2011 On April 4, 2011, in Silver Spring, Maryland, the Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA) Board met for its annual Spring meeting. Their main agenda was to review reports of AAA visiting teams and their recommendations for respective Seventh-day Adventist…