{"id":2697,"date":"2021-06-06T13:36:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T13:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/?page_id=2697"},"modified":"2021-06-24T05:52:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:52:08","slug":"about-united-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/?page_id=2697","title":{"rendered":"About United Board"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1539606550856{margin-top: -40px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;add_wave_rev_slider&#8221;][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=&#8221;slider-8&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8&#8243;][wgl_spacing spacer_size=&#8221;30px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Mission and Identity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>The United Board<\/span><\/strong><span> is committed to education that develops the whole person \u2013 intellectually, spiritually, and ethically. The United Board <\/span><span>draws strength from Christian identity and values and collaboration with Asian colleges and universities.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since its founding, the United Board has promoted sharing of resources across borders and among institutions. That practice began in Asia more than 90 years ago, when the governing boards of Christian colleges in China realized they would gain strength by sharing responsibility for recruiting faculty, procuring supplies, and raising funds. In those days, the college administrators looked to North America for intellectual resources.[\/vc_column_text][wgl_spacing spacer_size=&#8221;30px&#8221;][wgl_button button_text=&#8221;More Information&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Funitedboard.org%2Fabout-us%2Fabout-united-board%2Fmission-vision%2F|target:_blank&#8221;][wgl_spacing spacer_size=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1539606550856{margin-top: -40px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;add_wave_rev_slider&#8221;][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=&#8221;slider-8&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8&#8243;][wgl_spacing spacer_size=&#8221;30px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Mission and Identity The United Board is committed to education that develops the whole person \u2013 intellectually, spiritually, and ethically. The United Board draws strength from Christian identity and values and collaboration with Asian colleges and universities. Since its founding, the United Board has promoted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2697"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3052,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2697\/revisions\/3052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elfasia.org\/2021\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}