Christian colleges
Pence controversy at Taylor University a sign of changes coming to Christian colleges
By John Fea — April 17, 2019
(RNS) — Vice President Mike Pence was recently invited to give the commencement address at Indiana's Taylor University. Not everyone at the evangelical school is thrilled with the idea. The controversy reflects a broader debate among evangelical schools.
Most evangelical college students appreciate LGBT people even if trustees don’t
By Kevin Singer, Laura Dahl, Alyssa Rockenbach, and Matthew Mayhew — February 5, 2019
(RNS) — Clashes between trustees and students at evangelical institutions over the last few years are explained by a longitudinal survey of young Christians' attitudes toward marginalized groups.
Students’ survey highlights censorship of Christian college newspapers
By Jack Jenkins — May 8, 2018
(RNS) — One expert in student journalism said the survey indicates that the control exerted over Christian college newspapers seems more like that at a high school than at other private colleges.
Liberty University is no longer the largest Christian university
By Jack Jenkins — April 27, 2018
(RNS) — President Jerry Falwell boosted enrollments by courting online students. But other religious schools are also embracing the practice.
Baylor ordered to turn over documents in sex assault lawsuit
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 12, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday (Aug. 11) ordered Baylor University to turn over information — including interview recordings and documents — it provided to a law firm it hired amid a sexual assault scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist school. Baylor had sought to block the release of information it provided […]
From Word to image: Christian colleges expand visual art programs
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — May 17, 2017
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (RNS) With new investments, Christian schools aim to equip graduates for an image-saturated world in which jobs, ministries and social networking require visual literacy and competence.
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