What was valuable about Columbia Pacific University for its students?
The answer to that question is provided by alumni, most of which also hold graduate degrees from traditional accredited institutions. CPU students embraced the CPU vision of integration, health and lifelong learning. To them CPU represented a pioneering vision and the possibility of a break with the pitfalls of tradition. The majority experienced CPU as consumer centered, for example providing opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary studies without soul-crushing politics. An example is provided by Dr. Rodney Chang, who had several regionally accredited graduate degrees AND a PhD from The Union Institute before coming to CPU to do an independent study on art (here is the link). In essence CPU was the community of students and alumni connecting with the CPU vision, being supported individually and working from there as a base of values.
