I was at the western Pennsylvania college a couple weeks ago and I didn’t see the former vice-president. But as Jim Martin reports at the Erie Times-News, Pence is teaching at Grove City College, a school that calls itself a […]
Christian colleges
The Bluffton University merger with the University of Findlay will not proceed
I gave lectures at both of these schools earlier this month and everything sounded like the merger between Bluffton University and the University of Findlay was moving along as planned. Bluffton’s president resigned yesterday. And today this was announced: Here […]
The Wheaton College-Russell Vought controversy continues with the satirical website, “Faux Wheaton”
Not yet familiar with the Wheaton College-Russell Vought controversy? Check there are links to our coverage here. Check it out here. A taste: To the creators and signatories of For Wheaton: THANK YOU!ā This has been a long time coming. […]
The McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College responds to recent criticisms of the school
In case you missed it, a Wheaton College graduate took a shot at his alma mater last week in the pages of the conservative journal First Things. We covered it here and here. Today Timothy Larsen, the McManis Professor of […]
Alan Jacobs on that First Things piece on Wheaton College
A disgruntled 2014 Wheaton College graduate named Daniel Davis took a shot at his alma mater last week in the pages of First Things. You can read it here. I don’t want to give too much attention to what I […]
A historic Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod college basketball tournament is coming to an end
Here is Tom Raabe’s piece on the end of the Concordia Invitational Tournament: āKeep C.I.T.! Keep C.I.T.!ā That was theĀ chantĀ that rose from the packed gym on the campus of Concordia University Wisconsin last year about this time. The final game […]
Calvin University announces its 13th president
It is Greg Elzinga, the current interim president. Elzinga stepped-in after the departure of disgraced former president Wiebe Boer. Calvin has now removed the “interim” from his title. It looks like a safe move. I am guessing Calvin didn’t want […]
A visit to Faulkner University
On Friday I was in Montgomery, Alabama where I was honored to be the plenary speaker at Faulkner University’s Institute of Faith and the Academy Conference. Faulkner is affiliated with the Churches of Christ and it is very serious about […]
Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-RiaƱo calls faculty opposition a āsmear campaignā which God gave him the courage to withstand
Not familiar with the tragic and ongoing saga at Cornerstone University? Get up to speed here. In a conversation with Paul Davis, the President of the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, troubled Cornerstone University President Gerson Moreno-RiaƱo called opposition […]
Cornerstone University appears to have stripped the “emeritus” status of a professor who is critical of an administration that surrounds itself with “bullet-proof glass.”
The drama continues at Cornerstone University. Get up to speed here. David L. Turner, a retired Cornerstone University professor, has also been chronicling the sad state of affairs at the Grand Rapids, Michigan Christian college. He spent thirty-two years on […]
Some thoughts on that Newsweek story on Christian colleges
Have you seen Rachel Dobkin’s story on “cancel culture” at evangelical colleges? If not, read it here. Dobkin’s writes: “An increasing number of academics are speaking out about Christian colleges, claiming they were forced out of their jobs because of the rising […]
Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-RiaƱo says the quiet parts out loud
I was going to take some time off from the blog this weekend to get some work done on a book manuscript, but this story pulled me back, Michael Corleone-style. (Not familiar with what is going on these days at […]
A Cornerstone University alum laments
Amy Houskamp Nemecek is a senior editor at Baker Publishing Group and the author of The Language of the Birds and Other Poets. She is a graduate of Cornerstone University, a Christian college that just cut virtually all of its […]
Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-RiaƱo wants to stop the blood lust. Why his call rings hollow.
Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-RiaƱo has a piece at The Washington Times titled “America has an unending lust for bloodshed. We need divine intervention.” Read it here. Gerson Moreno-RiaƱo calls for an end to American “blood lust”: James Fenimore Cooperās […]
Cornerstone University is literally rewriting history
The purge at Cornerstone University appears to be very thorough. The University is eliminating references to its fired professors, the so-called “contrarians.” Not familiar with this ongoing story? Get up to speed here. An article on the Cornerstone website about […]
The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities appoints David A. Hoag as president
Here is the press release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) ā The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, the leading voice of Christian higher education, today announced that Dr. David A. Hoag has been named the eighth president of the organization. Dr. Hoag […]
Cornerstone University’s problems suddenly look a lot worse
We’ve learned from several credible sources that less than a month before firing seven tenured professors, the Cornerstone Board of Trustees authorized the removal of all tenure protections from all tenured faculty in every discipline across the university, turning them […]
The chair of Cornerstone University’s Board of Trustees responds to the school’s cuts in arts and humanities (UPDATED)
Are you new to this story? Get up to speed here. The alumni of Cornerstone University recently received this statement from Richard S. Koole, chair of the Cornerstone University Board. Current was able to obtain a copy: Fellow Alumni, Like […]
Religion News Service on the crisis at Cornerstone University
Here is Kathryn Post: Meredith Mead, a conservative Christian with a love of words, enrolled in Cornerstone University three years ago, choosing the 83-year-old nondenominational school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, over other top Christian schools because of its creative writing […]
Cornerstone University alumni push back on school cuts to arts and humanities program
As many of you know, we have been covering the cuts at Cornerstone University. Get up to speed here. Members of the Cornerstone University community have come together to form a new website: “VOICE OF CU: Coming together to shed […]