Here are some of the top Christian schools in the world:

1. Wheaton College is located in Wheaton, Illinois. It is a liberal arts college and ranks number nine in the United States among colleges of the same size. It is an interdenominational university with small classes. The student to faculty ratio is twelve to one. Around 2,400 undergrads attend Wheaton College, as well as 500 grad students. Academic programs offered include College of Arts and Sciences, Bible study programs, Conservatory of Music and much, much more.
2. Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana, is a college based on the beliefs and values of evangelical Christians. It is an affiliate of the Missionary Church. It has won several national championships. It also features a large number of religious activities.
3. Evangel University of Springfield, Missouri, provides Christian students with eighty different programs in ten separate academic departments. The student to teacher ratio is a strong seventeen to one. The university focuses on the various sports programs as well as the high number of student-interest groups that it offers.
4. Palm Beach Atlantic University is ideally located in Palm Beach, Florida. The school places great emphasis on building a Christian community that grows socially, spiritually as well as academically. The academics featured at this educational institution are anchored in passionate faith. In addition, the school also encourages students to take care of the community that surrounds them by contributing in the form of at least forty-five hours of community service each year.
5. Judson University is an evangelical Christian university located in Elgin, Illinois. The small classes at this school enhance the connections that are made by the administrative staff, students and faculty. Judson University provides students with a choice of at least sixty different majors as well as four masters’ programs. This school is focusing on making the change to become a green university, which includes having one of the most environmentally friendly academic buildings in the United States.

These are only a few of the great colleges that offer an education that enhances a connection with God and fellow Christians. When you are deciding which educational institution, best suits your beliefs, values and academic requirements, take the time to do thorough research both online as well as off. Take the time to meet with admissions counselors and university alumni to get as much information as you can about each facility before you make your final decisions about which Christian university you will attend. Choosing which college to attend is perhaps one of the most important decisions you will make, ensure that you make the right one by being informed.

D. White writes about how to obtain an online Bible degree.

Because five new courses have just been added to the Government’s new Diploma for 14 to 19-year-olds which ministers have trumpeted as a potential replacement for GCSEs and A-levels – and which some people claim is the biggest reform to the education curriculum in England for two decades. It was launched in certain areas of the country in September last year and is being made available nationwide from this week.

What exactly is the Diploma?

A new qualification that combines academic and practical work-based learning. The five courses which have been available until now were: construction and the built environment; creative and media; engineering; information technology; and society, health and development. From this week students will also be able to take two-year Diploma courses in business, administration and finance; environmental and land studies; hair and beauty studies; hospitality; and manufacturing and product design. From next year courses will be available in: public services, sport and leisure, retail; and travel and tourism. By 2011 there should be 17 different courses available.

What is the idea behind it?

Employers and universities both complain that young people, despite their paper qualifications, leave school ill-equipped for the world of work or higher education. The Diploma was an attempt to address this. It was the brainchild of England’s former chief schools inspector Sir Mike Tomlinson. His plan was for an over-arching diploma scheme which, at all levels of attainment, would develop both academic prowess in maths, English and the other basics, but also develop the teamwork, creative thinking and problem-solving skills required in the workplace.

Mr Tomlinson wanted to broaden ways of learning so that less academic pupils were better motivated while cleverer students developed a wider range of skills than at present. He also thought this would keep pupils’ career and educational options more open, allowing them flexibility to progress to further study, university or jobs.

His idea was for the Diploma to have a Foundation level equivalent to 5 GCSE grades D to G, a Higher level equivalent to 7 GCSEs grades A* to C; a Progression level equivalent to 2.5 A-levels; and an Advanced level equivalent to 3.5 A-levels. The GCSE would fall away, since it made little sense to have a “terminal examination” at 16 when, from 2013, the school-leaving age will rise to 18 for everyone.

The former Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, described the Diplomas as “the missing link” between vocational and academic education which the nation had “lacked for so long”.