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5 Ways that International Travel Can Help you Develop

Why is cross-cultural travel such an important part of the stories and development of so many biblical characters? There seems to be something about cross-cultural travel that provides essential experiences needed for our development as God’s workmen. The cross-cultural travel that has a purpose, like the travel that every student at the Institute will experience as students. Read more to learn about how International travel can help you develop!

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What if I Don’t Know What Major I am Going Into?

One of the strange aspects of modern higher education is that students graduating high school are expected to know what occupation they want to pursue. This is strange because high school students have generally not had the kinds of experiences that could help them discover what occupation they are suited for. In light of this lack of experience, students are left with introspection and best guesses. Read more to learn what to do if you don’t know what major you’re going into.

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Why Beginning College Can Cause Anxiety, and What Students Should do About It.

By leaving home, we detach ourselves from the reference points of how we were once known. We have to create a new self-image in the eyes of others. As we struggle to get others to see us as valuable and special, even small gaffs or failures can feel catastrophic. But where do these ideals for our self image come from? How do we choose how we want to be seen by others? Strangely enough we don’t usually choose them at all…

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Bridging the Education Gap

Professor Benjamin Reese writes on the education gap that exists worldwide, preventing some from access to education, and what we can do about it.

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Liberal Arts and Biblical Studies: What's the Difference?

What kind of education do we offer our students? One way to understand anything is to compare it with something similar. With the goal of shedding some light on the education we offer students at the Institute, it might be productive to compare it to another, more popular approach, an approach that will be familiar to most: the liberal arts college. 

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