Posts tagged Christian colleges and universities
Title IX Lawsuit Against Hillsdale College Dismissed

Last October, one present and one former student of Hillsdale College filed a federal lawsuit alleging the institution failed to adequately investigate their claims of rape and misrepresented how safe they would be on campus. Hillsdale prevailed in getting the lawsuit dismissed by U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering last month.

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Faulkner University Dinner Featuring Nick Saban Spotlights Adoption And Foster Care

Nick Saban — who adopted two children, Nicholas and Kristen, with his wife, Terry, and “adopted” hundreds more as a coach — drew a sellout crowd to Faulkner University’s annual benefit dinner, which celebrated heroes of adoption and foster care. Saban, a college football legend, retired from coaching and now works as a TV analyst for ESPN's “College GameDay,”

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Cooperative Effort Needed To Reach ‘Revival Generation’ On College Campuses

The effectiveness of collegiate ministry depends on how you play the long game. And that doesn’t happen without support. “The Cooperative Program is vital for our work,” said Michael Ball, director of the Baptist Student Union at Mississippi State. “When BSU was formed, it was a cooperative effort of churches coming together to have a presence on the campus.”

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Judge Rules UCLA Discriminated Against Jews During Gaza War Protests

The University of California at Los Angeles blocked Jewish students from portions of campus when protests erupted in response to the Israel-Hamas War, a district judge has ruled, citing their faith as the sole factor.

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Judge Rejects Gordon College’s Request For PPP Loan Forgiveness

Gordon College, a Christian school in Wenham, Massachusetts, could be required to pay back more than $7 million of COVID-19 relief funds. The school contested, arguing that its request for loan forgiveness was denied because of religious discrimination.

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The Rise Of Carolina University: How The Institution Rebooted Itself

Christian universities are dying. Several years of soaring costs, declining demographics and insufficient cash reserves have steadily driven the market into crisis. Yet, a 79-year-old private institution in North Carolina appears to be an anomaly. Carolina University’s enrollment has surged 29% this year, rising from 826 to 1,068 students.

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Liberty University And Jerry Falwell Jr. Reach Settlement Agreement

Liberty University and its former president Jerry Falwell Jr. have reached an agreement to settle all outstanding disputes and lawsuits between the two parties. A statement said the two reached a mutual understanding about the retirement and severance Liberty will pay to Falwell.

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Christian Bioethicists Help Students Consider The Moral Complexities Of IVF

As the number of U.S. frozen embryos has grown to estimates beyond a million, their moral status has become the crux of discussion among bioethicists.  Vic McCracken, professor of ethics and theology at Abilene Christian University, co-teaches the medical bioethics course with Cynthia Powell, who directs ACU’s Center for Pre-Health Professions. Every year the class includes students who were born through IVF.

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Erskine College Sues For Loan Repayment, Faces Own Financial Issues

Erskine College, a small Christian college in South Carolina that has faced its own financial challenges in recent years, has filed a lawsuit in a South Carolina state court against Icelaven Development Group for failing to repay a $1 million loan.

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Cornerstone University Proves No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

(ANALYSIS) Christian colleges and universities are in a tough spot. Spiraling costs and shrinking demographics, plus technological and other cultural concerns, are putting unprecedented pressure on them. That’s why the news from Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Mich., caught my attention. John Fea, writing for Current, broke the news that “Cornerstone University fires tenured professors and terminates all humanities and arts programs.”

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How A Small US Evangelical Seminary Is Defying The Odds

In an age of shrinking theological schools, Wesley Biblical Seminary is defying expectations. While many of the largest and prominent evangelical seminaries across the United States — such as Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Fuller Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary — are downsizing, WBS is growing in enrollment.

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Oklahoma Christian Academy Finds The Good In A Very Tough Season

This isn’t “Hoosiers” — a feel-good story about a small-town basketball team overcoming steep odds to win the state title. In fact, the Lady Eagles of Oklahoma Christian Academy went 0-14 this season, losing by scores of 67-21, 43-11 and 85-10. But their story is every bit as inspiring as that of the fictional Indiana team coached by Gene Hackman.

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Nebraska Conference Touts Hope For Revival Amid Political Polarization

Ministers and church leaders traveled to a Nebraska farming town to pray, fellowship and brainstorm ideas for revival at a time of declining numbers, post-pandemic challenges and political polarization.

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Legal Group Sues Education Department Over Grand Canyon University Fine

A conservative legal group based in Arizona is suing the U.S. Department of Education over the $37.7 million fine it issued against Grand Canyon University. The Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit against the federal agency in order to obtain documents explaining the reason behind the fine.

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Abilene Christian University Reaffirms Stance On LGBTQ Relationships

Despite an alumni-led petition drive urging a more progressive stance on LGBTQ+ issues, Abilene Christian University reaffirmed its existing policy. But for students at ACU, the debate over traditional vs. affirming views on same-sex relationships is not purely theological. It’s personal.

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Nonprofits Becoming For-Profits: Where Are The Lines Of Legality?

After OpenAI CEO Sam Altman turned his nonprofit research laboratory into a for-profit, one of the organization’s biggest donors asked a compelling question. Elon Musk, America’s favorite billionaire, wrote, “If this is legal, why doesn’t everyone do it?”

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‘Great Cloud Of Witnesses’ Helped Propel Harding To National Title

The 14-0 Colorado School of Mines, favored to win the game, jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. But the Orediggers wouldn’t score again. With its run-intensive “flexbone” offense, the Harding University Bisons dominated time of possession and scored 38 unanswered points, winning Harding’s first-ever Division II national title in front of more than 12,000 fans.

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Dolly Parton Picks Christian University To Display Her ‘Life In Rhinestones’

Everything at the ribbon-cutting for Dolly Parton’s new exhibit was high fashion — including the ribbon. The country music legend grasped a large pair of scissors alongside Lipscomb University President Candice McQueen. They struggled just a bit to slice through the pink and gold sash, bedecked with butterflies.

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Christian Apologist And Prominent Atheist Debate God’s Existence

There was no interrupting, no yelling, no hurled insults, no pounding the podium in this debate, despite its divisive and eternally consequential subject. Instead, the two speakers — Kyle Butt, a Christian apologist, and Michael Shermer, an atheist, or skeptic — treated each other with remarkable respect as they argued the existence of God.

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Liberty University Broke Safety Laws for Years, Federal Report Finds

Liberty University reportedly failed to keep its campus safe and repeatedly violated federal law specifying how to do so for years, according to a U.S. Department of Education preliminary report. It shows the university underreported campus crime and deterred people from reporting crimes in the first place. That’s even as Liberty claims to be “one of the safest campuses in the state — and in the nation.”

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