How Attending a Christian College Can Change your Life
Spring is the time of year when many high school seniors are either rushing to complete college applications or waiting to hear from their college or colleges of choice, living in hope that the financial aid award will be sufficient, and moving into the final phase of the serious deliberation that leads to choosing a college.
Every part of the college search process is important, and all the information gathered is useful to gain the fullest understanding about which college fits best with a prospective student’s interests and plans. Understandably, those students and their parents want to know about the rigor of academic programs, the quality and engagement of faculty, all curricular and extra-curricular options, and the campus community atmosphere. In addition, one area admissions counselors are increasingly asked about is “outcomes.” How does a Christian college prepare a student for life after college? What are the benefits of attending and graduating from a Christian College versus the financial cost?
A recent Christianity Today article by Steve Henderson, President of Christian Consulting for Colleges and Ministries, Inc., addresses an outcome that should be of particular interest to Christian students and parents. In the article, titled “A Question of Price versus Cost,” Henderson makes the following points: Because “the college years are one of the most significant times in a student’s search for identity…the literature and the research…suggest a strong link between a young person’s choice of a college and their short-term and long-term commitment to Christian faith…The results of nearly 25 years of research consistently reveal that those who do not attend a Christ-centered college will