The President's Podcast -- Pacific Rim Christian University

Lots of organizations claim to be a “family” or a “community.” A community comes together around common values and beliefs. A community supports its members, and helps them to fulfill their God-given potential. In a community, individuals may be different, but they are not alone; nobody is overlooked; nobody gets lost. Members of communities care about each other. It’s hard for colleges and universities to be caring communities because of their sheer size. That’s why PacRim is intentionally small... For full text version of the podcast, visit pacrim.edu/blog

The high cost of higher education is a major national issue. Tuition has risen faster than personal income and financial aid. As a result, more and more students have borrowed in order to attend a university... We have a simple approach to this issue at Pacific Rim Christian University. We keep our tuition affordable... For a full text version of the podcast, please visit pacrim.edu/blog

We know that the cost of college keeps going up. According to one source, since 1978 the price of college in the United States has increased in absolute dollars by 1120 percent, more than any other good or service in the U.S. economy. The cost of college has increased faster than personal income and financial aid...How do we make higher education so accessible? We keep it simple... For full text version of the podcast, visit pacrim.edu/blog

Many parents assume that their sons and daughters need to pick college majors that will lead to jobs after graduation. When it comes to getting a job, however, there is one thing more important than the student’s college major, and that is the student’s skills. For full text version of the podcast, visit pacrim.edu/blog

What is college for? Because of the high cost of a college education, more and more people are looking at college as a financial investment. As a result, they want to know about the return on their investment. For these people, the purpose of college is to get a good job and make more money. Here at PacRim, we see this issue differently. For full text version of the podcast, visit pacrim.edu/blog

If you have raised your sons and daughters in the Christian faith, you probably care about how their faith will be nurtured in the years to come. That is a very important issue when it comes to choosing a college. For full text version of the podcast, please visit pacrim.edu/blog