Some of you may recall our May 2024 post on Matthew Warner, a communication professor who was fired by Grace College, an evangelical school in Winona Lake, Indiana. Warner was targeted by the Christian Right because he published some tweets […]
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Yet another Christian college will close its doors
Last month we called your attention to Clarks Summit University, the Christian college that was staying open this summer thanks to the work of volunteers. Today we learn that the school, formerly known as Baptist Bible College, is closing. I […]
Another small Christian college is closing
From the Eastern Nazarene College (Quincy, Massachusetts) website: The Board of Trustees of Eastern Nazarene College today announced it has voted unanimously to begin the process of closing ENC and transitioning it into a new educational enterprise that will carry […]
More questions about Cornerstone University’s decision to fire humanities professors
Not familiar with this story? Get up to speed here and here and here. Cornerstone University is trying to refute our claims that it has eliminated all arts and humanities programs. In an interview with MinistryWatch blogger Warren Cole Smith, Cornerstone spokesperson Heide […]
Cornerstone University alumni react to the termination of Arts, Music, and Humanities programs
Cornerstone University recently terminated its Arts, Music, and Humanities programs. Tenured faculty were fired. Get up to speed here and here. Some of our sources in Grand Rapids have gathered these comments from Cornerstone alums and former students: A Journalism […]
Volunteers and prayers are keeping the doors open at a Pennsylvania Christian college
Back in the day, when I was a student at Philadelphia College of Bible (now Cairn University), we used to play a school from Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania called Baptist Bible College (BBC). The BBC Defenders basketball team dominated the now-defunct […]
“Welcome to East Beltline Trade and Vocational School”
David L. Turner, a former professor at Cornerstone University’s Cornerstone Theological Seminary (formerly Grand Rapids Theological Seminary), reflects on the recent cuts to Humanities and Arts programs at Cornerstone. Here is a taste of his blog post: Bad news about […]
Cornerstone University responds to our story on faculty cuts and the termination of humanities and arts programs
Earlier this week, we called your attention to Cornerstone University’s decision to fire tenured professors and terminate all humanities and arts programs. Get up to speed here. Yesterday, WOOD TV-8 the Grand Rapids NBC affiliate, did a story on our […]
Cornerstone University fires tenured professors and terminates all humanities and arts programs
I recently finished Rick Ostrander’s memoir focused on his career in evangelical higher education. Among Rick’s many stops in Christian college leadership was Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He served as provost at the university from 2009 to 2015. […]
The director of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center denounces “moral chaos” at other schools.
You really can’t make this stuff-up. Here is Religion News Service’s Bob Smietana reporting on Ryan Helfenbein’s speech at today’s MAGA-sideshow in Indianapolis. Helfenbein is a Vice President at Liberty University and director of the Standing for Freedom Center at […]
At Liberty, even the most sacred moments in the university calendar are used to own the libs and advance its mission.
Liberty University held its commencement address yesterday. South Carolina Senator and former presidential candidate Tim Scott was the speaker. The Standing for Freedom Center, which serves as the office that advances Liberty’s culture war activities, posted this on X: Earlier […]
What is going on at Grace College?
In June 20, 2017, Grace College and Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana fired three white employees after they posed for a racially insensitive mock rap album cover. The photo of the “album cover” was posted on Facebook. Read more […]
Calvin University responds to Wiebe and Joanna Boer’s lawsuit
If you want to get up to speed, check out the piece we published over the weekend: “Recently ousted Calvin University president Wiebe Boer and his wife Joanna are suing Calvin. The complaint reads like a soap opera.” Here is […]
Recently ousted Calvin University president Wiebe Boer and his wife Joanna are suing Calvin. The complaint reads like a soap opera.
Some of you who read this blog know that we have been keeping track of this story. See our coverage here and here. Here is the latest from MLIVE: GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Calvin University president who stepped down […]
More details on the ousting of Calvin University president Wiebe Boer
In February, Calvin University president Wiebe Boer resigned. Get up to speed here. Bob Smietana of Religion News Service has more details. Here is a taste of his piece: The trustees of Calvin University released a statement Thursday (March 28), […]
Susan Wise Bauer on her experience at Liberty University
Some of you know Susan Wise Bauer as a gifted narrative historian and one of the leaders of the classical homeschool movement. I don’t know many homeschoolers who have not read her book The Well Trained-Mind: A Guide to Classical […]
The U.S. Department of Education hits Liberty University with a $16 million penalty for creating a culture of fear on campus
Back in October 2023 we brought your attention to Liberty University’s failure to keep its students safe. One campus safety consultant called the U.S. Department of Education’s review the “the most blistering Clery report I have ever read. Ever…I cannot […]
What Christian universities prioritize
One might a expect a Christian university to prioritize (not merely have, but prioritize) things like: I am sure you could add more to this list. I should also add that a lot of Christian colleges are doing this well […]
Taylor University lands a $30 million grant to help revitalize its surrounding neighborhood
Congratulations to Taylor University. It is good to see evangelical colleges serving the common good and loving their neighbors in this way. Here is Kathryn Post at Religion News Service: Taylor University, a leading evangelical institution about an hour northeast […]
Shirley Hoogstra will retire as president of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
Here is the press release: WASHINGTON, D.C., December 18, 2023—The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (“CCCU”), the leading national voice of Christian higher education, today announced that Shirley Hoogstra is retiring as the president, effective on or before December […]