Academics
Nashville鈥檚 Lipscomb University is a private, Christian liberal arts college offering more than two hundred undergraduate majors and minors. This faith-based, service-focused school 鈥渄oes a great job at building relationships [between] students and faculty.鈥 With the university鈥檚 SALT (Service and Learning Together) program, among others, the curriculum strives to find 鈥渦nique and innovative ways to help its students learn鈥 by incorporating service and experiential learning into more traditional courses. Many classes ask students 鈥渢o go places around Nashville鈥 and then discuss their experiences in class. On the whole, Lipscomb 鈥渆ncourages growth of your worldview鈥 and seeks to ensure that students 鈥渉ave been challenged to think outside the classroom鈥 by 鈥渆ngaging within the community and then engaging with [their] career fields.鈥
Lipscomb professors 鈥渁re very involved in your academic life鈥 and they are 鈥渁lways reassuring you and always motivating you to do better.鈥 One student adds, 鈥淣ot only do they mentor you through the college process, but they also serve as life mentors,鈥 caring 鈥渘ot only about academics but also [the] spiritual life of students.鈥 Others describe the faculty as 鈥渆nergetic, lively, and conversational.鈥 They 鈥渟how their faith both inside and outside the classroom,鈥 鈥渁re super accessible if you need any help,鈥 and 鈥淸care] about each individual student as more than a statistic.鈥