higher education
On college campuses, some evangelicals find room to reflect
By Yonat Shimron — February 5, 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (RNS) — Twenty-four Christian study centers at some of the nation's most competitive universities want to cast off the perception that evangelicals are anti-intellectual or anti-science.
In Kenya, debt-ridden Christian universities struggle to stay open
By Fredrick Nzwili — January 30, 2018
(RNS) — While the Presbyterian university hopes to yet save itself in the face of a shutdown order, concern is also focused on the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and the Kenya Methodist University.
Closing doors: Small religious colleges struggle for survival
By Bobby Ross Jr. — November 20, 2017
(RNS) — St. Gregory’s Roman Catholic university in Oklahoma is just the latest small religious college to close in an increasingly difficult higher education marketplace.
First Muslim college in US buys Lutheran seminary campus in Berkeley
By Yonat Shimron — September 25, 2017
(RNS) — Berkeley's Zaytuna College will move into Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary's old campus in January.
Episcopal saint is namesake of new Yale residential college
By Lauren Markoe — April 28, 2016
(RNS) Pauli Murray is the first Yale college named for an African-American woman.
Zaytuna College recognized as first accredited Muslim college in the US
By Kimberly Winston — March 18, 2015
BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) Zaytuna -- the Arabic word for the olive tree -- remains unique among American colleges and universities. It requires students to learn Arabic so they can study Islamic texts, including the Quran, in their original language.
Religious college presidents agree on ‘calling’ and common threats to their schools
By Adelle M. Banks — February 3, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) The top officials of Baylor University, Catholic University of America and Yeshiva University will lead a discussion in Washington on the “calling” of faith-based universities.
General Theological Seminary resolves faculty dispute, but future is unclear
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 7, 2014
(RNS) Seminary leaders seek reconciliation with faculty who have been reinstated provisionally.
General Theological Seminary board to negotiate with terminated faculty
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 17, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) A collective statement from faculty said they will consider the board's offer. "For now, we need to spend some time individually and collectively in prayerful reflection on the Board’s decision so that we can determine the best way forward," the statement said.
Stanley Hauerwas drops out of General Theological Seminary lecture series after controversy
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 8, 2014
(RNS) The Christian ethicist said he does not want to be seen as taking sides in a conflict between the administration and its faculty.
Seminaries awarded $1.5 million to include science in coursework
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 8, 2014
(RNS) The 10 seminaries represent mainline Protestant, Catholic, evangelical and black church traditions.
Tensions at Episcopal Church’s oldest seminary reflect larger crisis in future of theology schools
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — September 30, 2014
(RNS) It's unclear whether eight faculty resigned or were effectively fired, and what the future holds for the Episcopal Church's flagship seminary.
Yale chaplain’s resignation reflects larger mainline tensions over Israel
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — September 16, 2014
(RNS) The Rev. Bruce Shipman, an Episcopal chaplain at Yale, resigned last week after he wrote a controversial New York Times letter.
After atheists asked, Tufts creates first university-funded Humanist position
By Chris Stedman — September 3, 2014
Five years after a group of atheist and agnostic students launched a campaign to get a Humanist chaplain at Tufts, the university has created a Humanist staff position—the first of its kind in the U.S.
Two Baptist institutions with controversial leaders face accreditation trouble
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — June 23, 2014
(RNS) The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges recently voted to remove Brewton-Parker College in Georgia from membership one year after it placed the school on probation over finances.
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