We have covered this story here and here. Now a group of former students, students, and friends of the college have published a Facebook petition ‘regarding recent controversies over Critical Race Theory and conversations about race at the college.” It […]
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Grove City College update
We originally covered this story here. Colleen Flaherty gets us up to speed at Inside Higher Education. Grove City College’s Board of Trustees recently said that it had formed a committee to investigate allegations of “mission drift” on campus and […]
What is going on at Grove City College?
Is Grove City College, a conservative Christian liberal arts college in western Pennsylvania, promoting critical race theory? I have no idea. The phrase “critical race theory” has become such a bogeyman in evangelical and conservative circles that it is impossible […]
Whitworth University has a new president
The Christian college in Spokane has hired current interim president Scott McQuiklin. It looks like he has spent some time in my current neck of the woods (Penn State). Here is the press release: The Whitworth University Board of Trustees […]
Will Christian colleges and universities survive?
There is A LOT to consider in Catholic moral philosopher Charles Camosy‘s recent piece at America. Here is a section that got my attention: As institutions’ connections to Christianity become frayed, other ideologies have gained ground. Too often, Christian values […]
Yet another student sues Liberty University for failing to investigate her rape
Last summer twelve former students and employees of Liberty University sued the school for “creating a campus environment where sexual assaults and rapes are forseeably more likely to occur than they would in the absence of Liberty policies.” Today we […]
The Moral Collapse of Liberty University
David French tells it like it is: Rarely in my life have I ever seen a single significant American institution face such a staggering run of scandal and controversy as Liberty University, and Liberty happens to be America’s largest Christian […]
What is going on (again) at Southwest Baptist University?
We did a post on this Baptist college back in May. At that time we wrote about Dwayne Walker, a social work professor, who was denied tenure for his failure to affirm creationism and his views on homosexuality. Now Brian […]
Louisiana College is changing its name to Louisiana Christian University
The Southern Baptist College in Pineville, Louisiana is changing its name. Here is the Associated Press: Louisiana College in Pineville will formally announce its new name — Louisiana Christian University — on Nov. 16 during a meeting of the Louisiana […]
What is going on at Cornerstone University?
Cornerstone University is a Christian college in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Recently a group of alumni wrote an open letter to the board of trustees about the direction the university is taking under the leadership of new president Gerson Moreno-Riaño. The […]
What is going on at North Park University?
North Park is a Christian college in Chicago. Here is Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed: North Park University’s faculty voted no confidence in President Mary Surridge this week, 55 to 26. According to information from North Park’s Faculty Senate, […]
The CCCU responds to The Detroit Free Press article on Christian higher education
If you are unfamiliar with the recent piece on Christian higher education at the Detroit Free Press you can read it here. We responded to the piece here. I have learned that the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities has […]
The president of a new conservative organization of Christian colleges misrepresents those Christian schools who did not join his group
David Jesse, a journalist with the Detroit Free Press and a graduate of conservative evangelical Cornerstone University, has a long piece on Christian colleges titled “Some conservative Christian colleges see growth where other schools see declines.” Read it here. Let’s […]
COVID-19 at Christian Colleges–Update for September 22, 2021
Here are some of the latest numbers. Compare with our August 31,  September 8, and September 15 updates. Messiah University (as of September 21): 33 active cases. 72.8% vaccination rate. Cases have nearly doubled since last week. Liberty University (as of September 15): 175 […]
1200 Covid-19 cases later, Liberty University returns to in-person classes without an indoor mask requirement
Here is WSLS News: Liberty University resumed in-person classes Monday, following a two-week mitigation period to slow the spread of COVID-19. On September 8, the university reported 463 active cases, with more than 1,800 people instructed to quarantine. “I think it’s too little and late. […]
COVID-19 at Christian Colleges–Update for September 15, 2021
Here are some of the latest numbers. Compare with our August 31 and our September 8 updates. Messiah University (as of September 14): 17 active cases. 72.1% vaccination rate. Cases are up slightly from last week. Liberty University (as of September 8): 463 […]
COVID-19 at Christian colleges: update
COVID-19 at Liberty University is still out of control, but this did not stop the university from having full capacity at their football game last weekend. Cedarville University seems to be getting things under control after a disastrous first week […]
COVID-19 continues to sweep through the Liberty University campus
488 cases and over 1000 students in quarantine. Get up to speed here and here. Here is the local ABC affiliate: Even though Liberty University implemented a temporary campus-wide quarantine on Monday, the total number of active coronavirus cases and […]
COVID-19 at Christian colleges
With the Delta variant moving rapidly through the campus of Liberty University and Cedarville University, we thought we would check-in on some other Christian colleges and universities to see how things are going. (NOTE: Some of these campuses started classes […]
Members of the Liberty University community speak-out about COVID-19 spike and move to online learning
Last night we posted about the rise in COVID-19 cases at Liberty University and Cedarville University. Here is how students and other community members are responding to Liberty University’s “temporary period of mitigation.” Nearly 500 students and employees are in […]