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Educational and Social Philosophy

The Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology is housed within the framework of George Fox University, a Christian institution of higher education that provides liberal arts, preprofessional, and professional training in a setting that is vitally Christian, intellectually vigorous, socially wholesome, and physically healthful. It is assumed that sound scholarship and faith are mutually interdependent and meaningful, and that sound education must integrate these in the growing experience of the student.

In accordance with Christian convictions honoring the body as a temple of the Holy Spirit, the George Fox University community endorses a lifestyle that excludes the use or possession of nonmedical drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and obscene or pornographic articles or literature while on campus, on property designated for University use, during attendance at a University activity, or while representing the University.

Also in accordance with Christian convictions, the University believes that sexual relations are expressed only in the context of a legally established marriage between one man and one woman.

To learn more about what we believe, read George Fox University's statement of beliefs, mission statement, statement of faith, and values statement.