The Interview: Shirley Hoogstra on leading Christian higher ed through a decade of change

ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks to Shirley Hoogstra, who is moving into a new role after 10 years of leading the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities in the US…
US college cuts tuition to make Christian education more accessible

RNS Gordon College in Wenham in the US state of Massachusetts announced a 33 per cent tuition cut Thursday, joining two other Council for Christian Colleges and Universities members that have reset their tuition in the last two weeks in an effort to make private Christian education more accessible. The cut will go into […]
Racism: In the US, evangelical Christian colleges take steps to address racial justice after criticism

KATHRYN POST and ADELLE M BANKS, writing for Religion News Service, report on how evangelical colleges are responding to the issue of racial justice on campus…
Rachael Denhollander: Christian colleges key in declaring sex abuse is ‘evil’

Washington DC, US RNS Abuse survivor and activist Rachael Denhollander brought her advocacy to presidents of evangelical colleges, urging them at their annual conference to not discount sexual abuse but to instead support survivors who report it. “As Christian institutions you are the most equipped to condemn sexual abuse and objectification,” she told dozens of […]
US Christian university leaders meet to discuss how they can diversify their campuses

Newberg, Oregon RNS The images of marchers with tiki torches chanting “You will not replace us!” at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, are still vivid in Brenda Salter McNeil’s mind. They looked just “like any other student,” Salter McNeil said. She wondered if any of them could have been Christian students. “There’s […]
THE INTERVIEW: SHIRLEY HOOGSTRA TALKS ABOUT THE “DISTINCTIVE HOPE” OF CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION

Visiting Australia, Shirley Hoogstra, president of the US-based Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, spoke with CHRISTOPHER GILBERT about the role Christian higher education institutions play in teaching young people how to live out their faith and why she is so committed to bringing such universities and colleges together…