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HIGHER Education the Purpose and Function of an Adventist APPROACH to the Adventist Teaching Accrediting Psychology Association the JOURNAL OF THE JOURNAL OF ® ADVENTISTWebsite: http://education.gc.adventist.org/jae EDUCATION APRIL/MAY 2008 HIGHER THE TENSION BETWEEN EDUCATION ADVENTIST MISSION AND ISSUE ACADEMIC HOW RELIGIOUS VISION SHOULD WE BE? WHO’S IN AND HOW SHOULD CHARGE? WE BE RELIGIOUS? OBSERVATIONS ON GOVERNANCE THE CHALLENGE IN ADVENTIST OF GROWTH HIGHER EDUCATION THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF AN ADVENTIST APPROACH TO THE ADVENTIST TEACHING ACCREDITING PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION® APRIL/MAY 2008 VOLUME 70 / NUMBER 4 FEATURES 4 How Religious Should We Be? And How Should We Be Religious? PAGE 4 BY RICHARD RICE 10 The Challenge of Growth: Managing the Expansion of Adventist Education Around the World BY C. GARLAND DULAN 15 The Purpose and Function of the Adventist Accrediting Association BY LISA M. BEARDSLEY 20 The Missiological Roots of Adventist Higher Education and the Ongoing Tension Between Adventist Mission and Academic Vision BY GEORGE R. KNIGHT 29 Who’s in Charge? Observations on Governance in PAGE 20 Seventh-day Adventist Higher Education PAGE 29 BY FLOYD GREENLEAF 38 An Adventist Approach to Teaching Psychology BY GRANT LEITMA AND JULIAN MELGOSA 44 When Faith and Knowledge Clash: Leveraging the Tension to Advance Christian Education BY H. THOMAS GOODWIN PAGE 38 48 Guiding Students Through the World Wide Web BY LAUREN MATACIO AND BRUCE CLOSSER DEPARTMENTS PAGE 44 3 Editorial 43 AVLN Column Cover: The cover depicts the old and the new, with Battle Creek College and Andrews University at the lower left, as well as the goal of Adventist education, preparation for heaven. Across the bottom are some notable people from the early days of Adventist education. Left to right: Ellen G. White, Frederick Griggs, Warren Howell, H. A. Morrison, W. W. Prescott, Sidney Brownsberger, E. A. Sutherland, P. T. Magan. Photo and art credits: Design for cover and p. 38, Howard Bullard; pp. 4, 5, 9, 38, 41, 44, Shutterstock; pp. 6-8, 13-17, 19, 25 (center and bottom), 27, Lisa Beardsley; pp. 22 (bottom), 23 (center), 30 (bottom), GC Dept. of Education; p. 23 (top), 24 (top), 32 (top), GC Archives; p. 24 (center), 25 (top), 30 (center), 31, 32 (bottom), Review and Herald; pp. 26, 29, 33, Beverly Robinson-Rumble; p. 34, Haley Wesley; p. 35, Rod Jamieson; p. 45, Stefan Smith; p. 46, courtesy of Leonard Brand; p. 48, courtesy of the authors. The Journal of Adventist Education®, Adventist®, and Seventh-day Adventist® are the registered trademarks of the General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists®. 2 The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2008 http://education.gc.adventist.org/jae THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION® Editorial EDITOR Beverly J. Robinson-Rumble ASSOCIATE EDITOR (INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS) Enrique Becerra Learning History’s Lessons SENIOR CONSULTANTS C. Garland Dulan Lisa M. Beardsley, Ella Smith Simmons CONSULTANTS A pundit has written that “The only thing we learn from history GENERAL CONFERENCE is that we don’t learn anything from history.” George Santayana John M. Fowler, Luis A. Schulz EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA warned that “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed Hudson Kibuuka to repeat it.” EURO-AFRICA Branislav Mirilov For Adventists, thinking about the lessons of history brings EURO-ASIA to mind Ellen White’s well-known and more optimistic statement that “We have Guillermo Biaggi INTER-AMERICA nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led Moisés Velázquez us, and His teaching in our past history” (Selected Messages, Book 3, p. 162). NORTH AMERICA Larry Blackmer This larger-than-usual issue of the JOURNAL was prepared in the hope that NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC examining some aspects of the history of our educational system can stimulate Chek Yat Phoon SOUTH AMERICA discussion and thought that will prevent us from repeating some mistakes and Carlos Alberto Mesa set a course that will honor God and serve our students and the church more SOUTHERN ASIA Nageshwara Rao effectively. SOUTH PACIFIC George Knight looks at the challenge of balancing academics and mission Barry Hill SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN that has always existed in Adventist education. Surprisingly, he sees this tension Ellah Kamwendo SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC as absolutely necessary to keep our schools from succumbing to either of two Mile Lekic extremes: the “dying-of-the-light” syndrome or a less-than-adequate Bible college- TRANS-EUROPEAN Daniel Duda type program. WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA Historian Floyd Greenleaf explores “Who’s in Charge?” of Adventist colleges, Chiemela Ikonne a controversial question raised 110 years ago at Battle Creek College that is still COPY EDITOR relevant today. You may be surprised at his conclusions! Randy Hall ART DIRECTION/GRAPHIC DESIGN In two stimulating articles, Richard Rice explores “How Adventist Should We Be? Howard I. Bullard And How Should We Be Adventist?” and Tom Goodwin describes how to leverage ADVISORY BOARD the tension between faith and knowledge in order to advance Christian education. C. Garland Dulan (Chair), Though many of his illustrations are science-related, his recommendations can be Lisa M. Beardsley, Enrique Becerra, Larry Blackmer, Hamlet Canosa, John M. Fowler, Dunbar Henri, used in many disciplines. Erline Burgess, Michael Ryan, Luis A. Schulz, C. Garland Dulan and Lisa Beardsley look at how to grow Adventist schools in a Carole Smith, Charles H. Tidwell, Jr., Bonnie Wilbur responsible way and how the work of church accreditation helps ensure academic quality and faithfulness to mission. And fi nally, Grant Leitma and Julian Melgosa offer some insights about teaching an Adventist philosophy of psychology, and Lauren Matacio and Bruce Closser provide practical advice on how to help students use the Internet responsibly. You may have noticed the multiple occurrences of the words mission and tension THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION publishes articles concerned with a variety of topics pertinent to Adventist edu- in the themes of this issue. As the Adventist educational system continues to grow cation. Opinions expressed by our writers do not necessar- ily represent the views of the staff or the offi cial position of and develop worldwide, constant vigilance is necessary to ensure that our schools the Department of Education of the General Conference of are both academically strong and truly Adventist. Examining our history, and the Seventh-day Adventists. way the Lord has led us, will provide inspiration, courage, and guidance for the THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION (ISSN 0021-8480) is published bimonthly, October through May, plus a single future. summer issue for June, July, August, and September by the I hope that you will read each of these articles and discuss them with your Department of Education, General Conference of Seventh- day Adventists, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, colleagues—and maybe write a letter to the editor with your reactions (you can MD 20904-6600. TELEPHONE (301) 680-5075; FAX (301) do that online now at our Website: http://education.gc.adventist.org/jae).—B.J.R. 622-9627; E-mail: [email protected]. Subscription price, U.S. $18.25. Add $1.00 for postage outside the U.S. Single copy, U.S. $3.75. Periodical postage paid at Silver Spring, Maryland, and additional mailing offi ce. Please send all changes of address to P.O. Box 5, Keene, TX 76059, in- cluding both old and new address. Address all editorial and advertising correspondence to the Editor. Copyright 2008 General Conference of SDA, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE JOURNAL OF ADVENTIST EDUCATION, P.O. Box 5, http://education.gc.adventist.org/jaeKeene, TX 76059. The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2008 3 How Religious Should We Be? And How Should nrollments Surge at Chris- tian Colleges” proclaimed a headline in The Chronicle We Be Religious? of Higher Education several years ago.1 From 1990 to 1996, the article went on Eto say, undergraduate enrollment in- BY RICHARD RICE creased by 5 percent at private institu- tions and 4 percent at public colleges, but by 24 percent at 90 U.S. evangelical institutions. Enrollment at some schools almost doubled dur- ing these years. At Indiana Wesleyan, the number of undergraduate students increased from 889 to 1,628. In 1993, the enrollment at California Baptist University in Riverside, California, was 829 students. Last year (2006-2007) it was 3,400. The figures indicate dramatically increased interest in Christian education. More and more young people evidently want to spend their college years at institutions where learning is based on Christian principles and where stu- dent life reflects solid biblical values. And many of them are coming to Adventist campuses. At Loma Linda Uni- versity, where I teach, about half the students are non-Adventists, although the proportion varies from school to school. Although there is increasing interest in pursuing a college education in a religious environment, it is not always clear just what that environment should be. Increased diversity in the religious orientation of students on Adventist campuses raises questions that demand careful attention. Whether we see this development as a challenge or an op- portunity, it requires us to re-think the role of religion at Adventist colleges and universities. Just how important is religion to our identity as institutions of higher learning? And just what role should religion play in college and university life? In other words, how religious should we be? And how should we be religious? How Religious Should We Be? Religion can be integrated into the life of a college or university in several different ways. 4 The Journal of Adventist Education • April/May 2008 http://education.gc.adventist.org/jae The purpose of certain institutions is for example, are known for the evangeli- graduates are looking to the church for indoctrination.
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