So I start this newsletter on shaky ground. I admit at the outset that this writing is from the two eyes of one faculty member. My eyes and my writing will hopefully focus your attention on ideas worthy of profitable discussion and disagreement, not on claims of universal truths about complex information. Assessing the Mission of Church-Related Higher Education. This project, a six-year longitudinal study, is the brain child of Drs.
Outside reviewers see tremendous potential in the project for good reason.
The collaborative effort has produced a rich view of CCCU students, faculty and alumni. We have survey data on more than 42,000 of our constituents. In addition to the survey data, close to 800 freshmen and seniors were interviewed. The interviews provide a wealth of detailed information about student views on a variety of faith and social issues. The interviews yield qualitative information that is a necessary adjunct to the quantitative survey data.