New Saint Andrews College
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| Type | Private, Christian |
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| Established | 1994 |
| President | Dr. Roy Atwood |
Academic staff | 15 |
| Undergraduates | 170 (148 FTE), Fall 2006 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.nsa.edu |
New Saint Andrews College is a classical Christian undergraduate college located in Moscow, Idaho. It was founded in 1994 and modeled in part on the curriculum of Harvard College of the seventeenth century. The College offers no majors, but follows a single, integrated classical liberal arts curriculum from a Christian worldview in its A.A. and B.A. degree programs. The New Saint Andrews board, faculty, and staff are confessionally Reformed (Calvinist) and evangelical.
History
New Saint Andrews began with four students meeting in a volunteered home in the fall of 1994. In 1998, the college graduated its first two students. The college moved to its present downtown location in Moscow, Idaho when it purchased the historic Skattaboe Block, 1893 in October 2002, the restoration of which garnered the college recognition from the Moscow Historic Preservation Commission[1].
New Saint Andrews has been featured on the Christian Broadcasting Network in March 2006, earning in 2005 accredidation from the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), and in August 2006 being named by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute one of the top 50 schools for "conservatives, old-fashioned liberals, and people of faith."[2] The college is also a charter member of the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).
Academics & Student Life
The College's classical Christian program of studies stresses learning from books and developing the skills to be a lifelong learner. Rather than using textbooks the College requires reading of primary works, in the classical and Christian literature of Western civilization. The College uses "Oxford-style" small group recitations, in which six-to-eight students meet with individual faculty members to discuss the assigned readings. Students sit for oral examinations every eight weeks for most of their classes. Seniors are required to undergo a comprehensive, integrated public oral examination.
The College limits enrollment to no more than 200 FTE students. The 2006-2007 student body numbers about 170 students (148 full-time equivalent) from more than 30 states, five foreign countries, and more than 20 Christian denominations. Approximately 40 percent of the College's students are home schooled. The College provides no dormitories, by Board policy. Instead, it encourages students to live as responsible members of the local community and assists students and their families in arranging appropriate housing.
As of May 2006, the College had 131 alumni. Approximately one-third of the College's graduates have pursued graduate school or advanced professional studies, one-third teach at Christian schools, and one-third work in other occupations or professions.
Contact
New Saint Andrews College
405 South Main Street
P.O. Box 9025, 83843
208-882-1566
info@nsa.edu
External links
- New Saint Andrews College—official website
- Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools
- New Saint Andrews Sophomore Blog—unofficial student-hosted blog
- State Board of Education 2007 Guide to Idaho Colleges and Universities (see page 24)