AC International Univesity Philosophy

The philosophy of AC International University (ACIU) is rooted in unwavering commitment to the highest standards of faith, service leadership, and integrity. We recognize and embrace the core commitments that shape our educational mission:

  1. Faith and Service Leadership: Above all else, we are dedicated to nurturing faith and service leadership. Our students are encouraged to lead with a sense of purpose, guided by their faith, and driven to serve their communities.
  2. Respectful Worldview: We expect our students to engage deeply with religious texts, fostering a respectful worldview that promotes understanding and trust among diverse cultures and beliefs.
  3. Devotion and Diversity: Our commitment to evangelism and prayer is underpinned by discipline and an understanding of diversity, emphasizing the importance of respect and inclusivity.
  4. Pursuit of Excellence: We uphold a commitment to mutual respect among our community members, whether in spiritual formation, academics, athletics, or extracurricular activities, striving for excellence in all endeavors.
  5. Holistic Education: Our educational approach centers on equipping students with critical thinking skills, effective communication, technological proficiency, interpersonal abilities, and a strong foundation in personal and professional ethics, all within the framework of diversity and integration.
  6. Servant Leadership: We provide opportunities for students to serve both locally and globally, fostering a lifelong commitment to servant leadership and a sense of responsibility to the world.
  7. Influence and Transformation: ACIU seeks to influence, engage, and transform cultures with truth by promoting values foundational to an inclusive civilization. This includes being a global family, respecting the sanctity of human life, showing compassion for the less fortunate, and championing personal, economic, and religious freedom, as well as other essential principles like natural law, social justice, and international human rights.

Our ultimate mission is to prepare students to be influential leaders within their communities and on a global scale. We believe that their faith, education, and commitment will shape every facet of society, fostering positive change and promoting the values that are fundamental to a just and inclusive world civilization.

Core Commitments

With respect and support of compliance with integrity standards, AC International University (ACIU) acknowledges coordination with key core commitments.

  1. Before all else, be committed to faith and service leadership.
  2. Expectation of students to read, understand, and trust religious texts, grounding them firmly in the truth through an understanding of others through a respectful worldview.
  3. Devotion to evangelism and prayer grounded in discipline and understanding of diversity.
  4. Be committed to respect for each other by pursuing excellence in spiritual formation, academics, athletics, and extracurricular activities.
  5. Educating students to think critically, speak and write clearly and effectively, use technology effectively, develop interpersonal skills, and pursue personal and professional ethics through diversity and integration.
  6. Provide opportunities for students to serve locally and globally while promoting a culture of lifelong commitment to servant leadership.
  7. Influence, engage, and transform the culture with truth by promoting the informed values that are foundational to an inclusive civilization, including:
    • being a global family.
    • respect for the sanctity of human life.
    • having compassion for the less fortunate.
    • being grateful for what one has.
    • respect for personal, economic, and religious freedom.
    • respect for free markets, capitalism, and property rights.
    • respect for natural law, the original meaning of the Constitution, and social justice.
    • promoting international human rights and the advancement of freedom throughout the world.

ACIU is grounded in the commitment to prepare students to be leaders of influence in their community and on a global scale – through their beliefs and education impacting every area of society.

Accelerated
Learning

Accelerated learning is a methodology and approach to teaching and to learning which allows students to:

  • Take in more information quickly with better understanding of practical application.

  • Quickly sort through large amounts of material to identify what is really important and useful.

  • Analyze and evaluate problems quickly reduce the required hours and hours of study and homework.

Experiential
Based Learning

Rather than giving students a set of facts to memorize and assess just the proof of memorization, our philosophy is to give students a set of concepts then let them try out their new information and opportunities in real life settings, with observational intent, and then assess and report on their findings and process. Experiential based learning is the key component in the process of self-discovery and enlightenment. (Traditional learning and assessment styles are also available to students).

Performance Based
Assessment

During the course of education and learning students learn new knowledge, acquire skills, develop work habits, etc. Traditional education measures what you know, or in many cases, what you can remember on the day of the class test.

Performance-based assessments represent a set of strategies for the application of knowledge, skills, and work habits through the performance of tasks in real-life that are meaningful and engaging to students. Performance Based Assessment focuses on how well you can use what you know. Application is the critical skill. You can always use the internet to look up what you do not know.

John Porter, Ph.D.M.Ed.
Dean of Curriculum

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