In today's ever-changing college admissions landscape, we're here to provide you with the latest insights and guidance. Whether you're a concerned parent, an eager student, a dedicated school counselor, or an admissions professional, our Higher Education, Higher Purpose podcast covers it all. Expect expert interviews, timely updates, personal stories, tips, and strategies to navigate the competitive world of college admissions. We're here to answer your pressing questions and empower you to confidently find the perfect fit for your higher education journey.
Higher Education, Higher Purpose
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In today's ever-changing college admissions landscape, we're here to provide you with the latest insights and guidance. Whether you're a concerned parent, an eager student, a dedicated school counselor, or an admissions professional, our Higher Education, Higher Purpose podcast covers it all. Expect expert interviews, timely updates, personal stories, tips, and strategies to navigate the competitive world of college admissions. We're here to answer your pressing questions and empower you to confidently find the perfect fit for your higher education journey.
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Recent Episodes
May 18, 2026
Faithful Innovation: The Story of Montreat College
<p>When Dr. Paul Maurer became president of Montreat College in 2014, the institution was quietly drifting. Theological language had been softened, the statement of faith had been narrowed, and the school sat on the kind of financial cliff that has ended the story for many small Christian colleges. A decade later, Montreat is a different place: record enrollment, a nationally recognized cybersecurity program, a contract relationship with the National Security Agency, and a Christ-centered identity that is again written into every corner of the institution. In this conversation with host Keith Ramsdell, Maurer walks through how it happened.</p><p></p><p>The throughline of the episode is conviction paired with rigor. Maurer makes the case that Christian higher education's most defensible competitive advantage is its willingness to name a moral compass out loud, and then to back that compass with serious academic programs that yield a genuine return on investment for families. He explains why Montreat doubled down on cybersecurity in 2015, why the NSA wanted a faith-based institution at the table, and why the liberal arts are not in tension with career preparation but the most durable foundation for it.</p><p></p><p>The conversation closes on the personal and the providential. Maurer reflects on his sense of call, the role of an anonymous $6 million pledge that arrived by email just before he took office, and Sarah Zylstra's 2019 Gospel Coalition piece naming the turnaround "the Montreat Miracle." His charge to Christian educators is direct: stop chasing elite or wealthy, and start aspiring to be truly great.</p><p></p><p>Key Takeaways</p><p></p><p>● Mission clarity is a strategy, not a slogan. Montreat's turnaround began with reclaiming a high view of Scripture and asking employees to affirm the statement of faith and a community life covenant.</p><p>● The new CCCU and NACCAP market research confirms what Montreat bet on a decade ago: families want both a biblical worldview and measurable academic outcomes.</p><p>● Cybersecurity became Montreat's signature program because faith-based institutions can speak fluently about ethics and character, the human factor that secular peers struggle to name.</p><p>● The liberal arts do not prepare students for a job, they prepare students for any job. Employers want graduates who can write, think, collaborate, and solve problems.</p><p>● Montreat's three-part promise to students is intellectual development, spiritual development, and preparation for calling and career, framed as one integrated formation.</p><p>● Greatness, not eliteness or wealth, is the right aspiration for Christian higher education, and stewarding a miracle is daily work.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Connect</p><p></p><p>● Higher Ed, Higher Purpose Podcast: https://www.naccap.org</p><p>● NACCAP: https://www.naccap.org</p><p>● Keith Ramsdell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-ramsdell</p><p>● Montreat College: https://www.montreat.edu</p><p>● Dr. Paul Maurer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-maurer</p><p></p><p>#NACCAP #ChristianHigherEd #FaithIntegration #HigherEdHigherPurpose #ChristianCollege #MontreatCollege #Cybersecurity #LiberalArts #ChristCenteredEducation #CollegePresident</p>
May 4, 2026
Beyond the Transaction: The Real Value of a Faith-Integrated Education
<p>Provost Dr. Christina Schnyders of Malone University joins host Keith Ramsdell for a conversation that pushes past the easy assumptions about faith integration. It is not, she argues, a verse stapled to a syllabus or a prayer offered before a lecture. Drawing on William Hasker's enduring definition, Christina describes faith integration as the integral relationships that already exist between Christian faith and every academic discipline, relationships faculty discover and steward rather than manufacture.</p><p>From there, the conversation widens. Christina unpacks the "bilingual education" model where students grow academically and theologically in the same breath, the faculty formation seminars at Malone that train professors to find the natural integration points in their fields, and what shifts in a classroom when every student is treated as an image bearer of God. Keith and Christina trade perspectives as a parent of college-age kids and a longtime educator, landing on a shared conviction: spiritual and character formation is the unique value proposition of Christian higher education, not a bonus feature added to career readiness.</p><p>The episode closes on real-world fruit. Internship supervisors and clinical placements tell Malone students they look "categorically different," even when those students cannot yet name why. Christina answers the bubble critique with the rhythm of Jesus's own life, solitude, community, and ministry, and reframes the Great Commission in its literal Greek: in your going, make disciples. For prospective families, current students, and anyone weighing what Christian higher education can actually do, this conversation makes the case with depth and warmth.</p><p></p><p>Connect:</p><p>● NACCAP: https://www.naccap.org</p><p>● Keith Ramsdell, President, NACCAP: https://www.naccap.org</p><p>● Dr. Christina Schnyders, Malone University: https://www.malone.edu</p><p></p><p>Hashtags:</p><p>#NACCAP #ChristianHigherEd #FaithIntegration #HigherEdHigherPurpose #ChristianCollege #MaloneUniversity #FaithAndLearning #VocationalCalling #ChristianEducation #WholePersonFormation</p>
June 30, 2025
A New Model for Christian Higher Ed: The Hope Forward Story
Nicole Dunteman, Director of the Hope Forward program, discusses Hope College's innovative funding model that allows students to attend college without upfront costs, fostering generosity and community engagement in this interview.
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