Our Philosophy of Education

In keeping with this wisdom, Nyack College is committed to providing its students a broad education based upon the liberal arts and rooted in the historic Christian faith. Thus Nyack College is a Christian liberal arts college dedicated to pursuing, integrating, communicating, and applying truth.

Nyack College is committed to the PURSUIT of truth in God’s Word and God’s world. The pursuit of truth in God’s Word provides the conceptual framework within which we interpret God’s world and humanity’s place in it. The pursuit of truth in God’s world requires that we investigate and be responsible stewards of the physical world and that we foster and cherish human intellectual and cultural achievements.

Truth is whole. Thus we seek to INTEGRATE truth in God’s Word with that discovered in God’s world.

Truth must be COMMUNICATED with clarity and precision. For this reason we seek to cultivate the ability to read carefully, think critically, and speak and write clearly.

Truth must be internalized and APPLIED in personal attitudes, behavior, and in service to others. Thus we seek to educate and develop the whole person.

Nyack College’s holistic approach to truth is foundational to its commitment to PREPARE students for service. This preparation occurs in its liberal arts and professional programs. We acknowledge a special responsibility to prepare vocational and lay Christian workers who communicate truth in ways consistent with God’s Word and relevant to God’s world.