John Brown University

===Presidency of John E. Brown III 1979–1993===
When John Brown Jr. stepped down as president, the job fell to his son, John Brown III, who immediately sought to improve the academic quality of the university. He visited [[Wheaton College (Illinois)]] and heralded its commitment to an integration of academic quality and Christian faith. To accompany his praise of Wheaton, he announced that the first consideration of JBU in selecting prospective students would be academic quality, and raising the entrance requirements. As expected, this began to attract more academically gifted students.<ref name=Ostrander/>{{rp|196–197}} Also, in the 1980s, an [[Honors course|Honors Program]] was established. However, the third Brown made sure to maintain JBU's historic emphasis on career training, through its non-liberal arts programs such as [[Engineering]], Construction Management, and [[Graphic Design]]. As well as academic programs, John Brown III instituted new building programs and a scholarship for [[Latin American]] students paid for by [[Sam Walton]].