In the US, new commission of religiously affiliated higher education aims to spark collaboration
United States RNS A prominent association of American colleges and universities has created a new commission of religious schools whose aim will be to share with their non-religious counterparts recent successes in the areas of access and affordability and the innovations that have led to growth in recent years. The Commission on Faith-based Colleges and […]
Books: Stories of engagement from a fractured country
JO KADLECEK reads ‘Uncommon Ground’…
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…
US Christian groups oppose ICE rule on international students
AP Leaders of 12 Christian organisations on Friday urged the Trump administration to rescind a policy requiring international students to leave the U.S. or transfer if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall, saying it “falls short of American ideals”. In a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, shared with The […]
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…