Robert F. Davis

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  Dec 2, 2020

  Di-ver-si-ty can be a four letter word

  It was probably 20 or 30 years ago that the subject of diversity began to seriously surface in Christian colleges and preparatory schools.  There was a great deal of pressure being brought to bear on these schools to demonstrate racial and ethnic heterogeneity in the student body.

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  Aug 21, 2019

  Giving by governing: The board of governors (part 4)

  Success demands a strong board. Now while a strong board doesn't guarantee a strong school, every strong school has a strong board.

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  Aug 19, 2019

  Sending a message to the college: Major donors roar! (part 3)

  The authority, and I am careful to say authority and not power, possessed by the “major donor” class is significant and if widespread among the donor base may redirect an institution's errant detour(s).

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  Aug 17, 2019

  Building on an existing relationship: The aggregate of alumni (part 2)

  Administrators and faculty appear to be clueless of their responsibility to a large donor class and this also appears not to be of concern. 

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  Aug 16, 2019

  Righting the wrong in Christian education: Recognizing the problem (part 1)

  It appears to me that at least once a week, no once a day doesn’t pass without someone “talking” about their disappointment with education.

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  Oct 5, 2018

  It's Time to Stand and Deliver

  Academics have taken on a methodology for accomplishing their goal to undo parental mentoring, the church's discipling, and generally anything conservative philosophically. What boasts as education begins with a "soft bias" in elementary school, moves to a stronger, more blatant bias in high school and then to full blown indoctrination in colleges both public, private, and Christian.

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  Jun 28, 2018

  'It Is No Secret': The Problem of Institutional Pain!

  It is no secret indeed what God can do for an individual or for that matter no secret what he can do for an institution as well! This transformation of either life or institution requires: recognition of failing and the need for change, a desire to make changes, and the determination to take action toward transformation.

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  Jun 7, 2018

  Is Christian Education Being Dumbed Down?

  Overall students are not receiving and education and certainly not a Christian education! The fact is that teachers who possess educational expectations are moved out.

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  Jan 20, 2018

  University Classes Today Are Biased With No Freedom of Choice and Students Pay the Price

  Professors are forcing personal positions and ideas on their students and not allowing the freedom of rebuttal!

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  Jan 17, 2018

  Moving the Vision Forward

  Asking parents why they send their children to a Christian school has become very disappointing for me. The answers are shallow.