La Sierra students criticize core classes

Educate Truth shares the following excerpt from The Press Enterprise as a service to readers. The six courses misrepresent the Christian God, say the students, who want them discontinued or at least reviewed. 03:43 PM PDT on Monday, May 2, 2011 By KAREN JOSEPH The Press-Enterprise Editor’s note: Story originally published 05/22/1999 A group of…

LSU student petition criticizes curriculum

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…

Creation and Accreditation

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…

WASC promises to visit LSU spring 2011

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…