Biology, Assistant – Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Tenure Track) Brief Description The Department of Biology at La Sierra University is recruiting for full-time, tenure track positions beginning September 2012. Qualifications A successful candidate must have a record of effective teaching and scholarship commensurate with academic experience, demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate science courses and labs, ability…
In the January-February 2012 edition of the Reports of the National Center for Science Education a featured article was published concerning the evolution/creation controversy involving La Sierra University and the Seventh-day Adventist Church at large: Adventist Education NCSE Reports
From the North American Religious Liberty Association Today the Supreme Court decided what is likely the most important religious liberty case to come down in the past two decades. In Hosanna-Tabor Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Court sided unanimously with a church sued for firing an employee on religious…
A letter of alarm from Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director for the National Center for Science Education: Believe it or not, the teaching of evolution is under attack. Here we are, eight-six years after the Scopes Trial, in which a Tennessee teacher was convicted for teaching evolution, contrary to state law… Read More (links to…
According to a recent Spectrum article, the court case involving three La Sierra University employees who have filed suit for wrongful termination (Dr. James Beach, Dr. Gary Bradley, and Dr. Jeffry Kaatz) will proceed to trial. In the final analysis, Judge Taylor sided with the defendants’ claim that the plaintiffs did not sufficiently demonstrate the…