<p>Here is a chart for racial demographics: <a href=“https://www.calvin.edu/admin/enrollment/day10/ethnic.pdf[/url]”>https://www.calvin.edu/admin/enrollment/day10/ethnic.pdf</a></p>
<p>and religious demographics:<a href=“https://www.calvin.edu/admin/enrollment/day10/religion.pdf[/url]”>https://www.calvin.edu/admin/enrollment/day10/religion.pdf</a></p>
<p>I think an atheist would have difficulty there but members of other Christian denominations would be okay.</p>
<p>I’m a Calvin alum and have been observing it from afar. Good school, but in recent years there have been some major financial missteps by a previous administration.
That leaves the institution with approximately $110 million in debt, and needing to do some major realignment of resources. All of this was covered in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article about financial difficulties in small, private colleges.
What does that mean for an incoming freshman? Larger class sizes than previous years’ averages, for one. Your major of choice may or may not be available by your senior year (Art Education appears to be gone already). For popular majors such as nursing and engineering, there is conversation about additional surcharges beyond tuition for students in those majors. Cost reduction is coming by not replacing faculty as they retire, which can lead to unbalanced departments and professors teaching outside of their specialty. For example,from what I’ve read from internal resources, the college named after John Calvin no longer has a historian on staff whose area of expertise is Reformation era history.</p>
<p>One of my seminary professors, who was also a philosophy professor at a local UT branch studied there & highly recommended it. Seeing how knowledgeable he was at both theology & philosophy I would say that is probably their strong point. </p>
I am helping my daughter to choose the right Christian college for her for fall, 2015. She wants to major in Public Relations. We are conservative, non-denomational Christians and are seeking a socially and politically conservative college with high academic standards. We care considering Calvin and Taylor. I have the impression that Calvin is socially and politically liberal. Can someone set the record straight on Calvin, particularly with regard to their Communications faculty?
I have visited Calvin several times with my kids and have never found it to be what I would call a liberal place. Every faculty member is a Christian, with most being CRC. I am not an expert on the place, but I would have no qualms if any of my kids decided it was the right fit for them. I am impressed with the vibe of the campus.