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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 [...]

La Sierra University’s Board of Trustees took two actions during an October 11, 2011, meeting. Both actions relate to a currently circulating document titled “Joint Proposal of individual La Sierra University Faculty and Trustees.” Affirmation of document approach The La Sierra University Board of Trustees has been addressing the issues surrounding the teaching of origins [...]

By Shane Hilde According to the Adventist Review a “joint statement, prepared and signed by six LSU biology professors and a group of trustees, offers hope of a peaceful resolution to tensions….” Really? Whatever hope there may be is slim to none, and LSU biology professors don’t appear to have changed their tune. The joint [...]

Educate Truth shares the following article from La Sierra University as a service to readers. NAD President, Education Director Dialog with La Sierra Campus Community By Larry Becker Executive Director, University Relations Dan Jackson, president of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, and Larry Blackmer, division vice president for education, conducted a 90-minute town [...]

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 [...]