By Sean Pitman . Mr. Jan M. Long, J.D. has taught management at Loma Linda University and at Riverside Community College. Currently he is a legal analyst for the District Attorney of Riverside County, California. He also dabbles in the creation/evolution debate, having been converted to neo-Darwinism from traditional Adventism. Recently, Mr. Long published…
by Sean Pitman . La Sierra University is about to vote on proposed bylaw changes that appear to allow it to distance itself from as much church influence as had previously been in place with regard to the governance of the school. It appears that such measures are being considered due to the recent pressures…
by Sean Pitman . The following news release was sent to my E-mail account this afternoon: “La Sierra University Responds to False Charges by Independent Websites” First off, the argument that Dr. Diaz is a “baptized member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church” is effectively irrelevant to the point of concern. After all, it…
by Sean Pitman . It looks as if La Sierra University is between a rock and a hard place. Not only has LSU just hired a new evolutionary biologist, Dr. Raul Diaz (who believes in and promotes life’s existence and evolution on this planet over hundreds of millions of years), the team from the Western…
It is no secret that many Adventist schools are in serious financial trouble. Many have actually failed and have had to close their doors in recent years. What can be done to substantively address this very serious problem? Take Harvard University, for example. In 2011 Harvard’s endowment program earned $4.4 billion dollars, reaching a total…