Torch, Spring 1986

1984-85 REVIEW Strength and stability - qualities critical in a changing world. These dynamic terms characterized Cedarville College during the 1984-85 school year. STRONG ACADEMICS Strength characterized the academic program. Comprised of 44 areas of study, it included nine of the ten majors most wanted by Ame rican students. The tenth, engineering, is currently under study to determine its feasibility at Cedarville. Strong academics drew students with greater academic strength. ACT test scores for incoming freshmen have been above the national average for years and continued to increase. Business Adm inistration remained th e department with the largest number of majors - 459, or one-fourth of the student body. The first Compute r Information Systems majors grad uated in June '85. The department intro– duced the Comprehensive Business maj or. Nearly a century old at Cedarville College, teacher education is a historic strength . The Department of Education received outstanding reviews by the State of Ohio evaluation team and was increasingly in the spotlight as a leader in the Christian education movement. Teacher education majors at Cedarville numbered the second largest graduat– ing class among Ohio's private colleges. Inquiries from potential employers were ten times the number of graduates available. Again, a number of student teachers we re placed overseas under the Missionary Internship Service Program. Nursing, the fourth largest major, graduated its first class of 30 students in 1985. Recognition of the quality of this new program was immediate, as all 19 graduates willing to stay in the Dayton, Ohio, area were hired, some into positions beyond the usual entry level. "Last year we concen– trated on the integration ofthe personal computer into all areas ofthe curriculum. Now every business major must demonstrate computer proficiency in order to graduate. This kind of integration at the under– graduate level is 'cutting edge' business education." Dr. C lifford Fawcett Chairman, Department of Business Administration "Approximately 25 of our 100 education graduates each year are transfers. They tell me that, as a rule, ourpro– grams are more rigorous than what they were used to. In fact we attracted them because ofthis." Dr. Dwayne Frank Chairman, Department of Education 9