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At independent colleges, there are opportunities to develop faith and values.
Fact 1 - Moral Development of
Students
Students attending private
colleges and universities are more likely to report that their campus
experience contributed to developing a personal code of values and ethics.
For example, 66 percent of seniors at nondoctoral private colleges and
universities indicated that the college they attended contributed “substantially”
to their moral development, compared with 52 percent of their peers at
public nondoctoral institutions and 48 percent of seniors at public research
universities.
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Fact 2 - Emphasis on Values and
Ethics
Independent college alumni surveyed are more than three times as likely
as public university graduates to say they benefited very much from an
emphasis on personal values and ethics in college.
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Fact 3 - Spiritual Development
of Students
Students attending private
colleges and universities are more likely than students at public institutions
to report that their campus experience contributed to developing a deepened
sense of spirituality. For example, 66 percent of seniors at nondoctoral
private colleges and universities indicated that the college they attended
contributed to their spiritual development, compared with 46 percent of
their peers at public nondoctoral institutions and 41 percent of seniors
at public research universities.
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Fact 4 - Learning About Faith
Independent college alumni surveyed are more than twice as likely as public
university graduates to say they learned about their faith during their
college years.
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Fact 5 - Integrating Faith
Independent college alumni surveyed are three times as likely as public
university graduates to say that their college helped them integrate faith
into other aspects of their lives (45 percent vs. 14 percent).
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Fact 6 - Spiritual Role Models
Independent college alumni surveyed are nearly three times as likely as
public university graduates to have college faculty or staff after whom
they modeled their spiritual lives (29 percent vs. 10 percent).
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Fact 7 - Church Involvement
Independent college alumni surveyed are much more likely than public university
graduates to have been involved in church or religious activities while
in college (50 percent vs. 31 percent).
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These materials reference the themes and topics addressed in the above facts and data, serving as a helpful resource on how presidents and others are making the case for independent higher education.
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Speeches and Addresses |
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Jack P. Calareso, Ohio Dominican University - September 1, 2005 Thomas
E. Dillon, Thomas Aquinas College - August 22, 2005 Eckerd
College's Ceremony of Lights Address Bill Robinson, Whitworth College - September 8, 2004 Steven R. Timmermans, Trinity Christian College - September 3, 2004 Carl E. Zylstra, Dordt College - August 26, 2004 Jerry Cain, Judson College - August 25, 2004 Axel Steuer, Illinois College - August 23, 2004 Patricia Poteat, Bethany College - September 12, 2002 Howard Keim, Tabor College - September 9, 2002 Mary Reap, Marywood University - September 5, 2002 Anthony Diekema, Trinity Christian College - August 30, 2002 Michael Spath, University of Saint Francis - August 28, 2002 Thomas Plough, Assumption College - August, 26 2002 JoAnne Podis, Ursuline College - August 18, 2002 |
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