Higher Education

“In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, the Council of Seminary Presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention has reaffirmed ‘with eagerness’ the BFM’s status ‘as the doctrinal statement that unites and defines Southern Baptist cooperation and establishes the confessional unity of our Convention.’” - BPNews

“The same love of darkness which will tear down statues, regardless of who they depict, will sacrifice the liberal arts core of education in the name of relevance. The culture wars are not really about right versus left; they are about memory versus oblivion.” - TAC

“Nelson reported having found eight Christian schools that engaged in what he labeled a ‘tuition reset,’ which meant they ‘dropped their sticker price substantially.’” - C.Post

“In its 2021 Best College Rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Bob Jones University as one of the Best Regional Universities in the South, the second Best Value Regional University in the South, the sixth top performer in Social Mobility among Regional Universities in the South, and seventh in lowest debt load for its graduates among Regional Universities in the South.” - BJUToday

“I do not believe that Christian higher education can save us. It can’t. But having spent 13 years teaching…I have personally witnessed the tremendous power of these institutions to transform the lives of students, to produce scholarly and popular work that builds up the church, and to be spaces of cultural renewal and preservation.” - C.Today

“Cedarville University president Thomas White has been reinstated despite an internal investigation concluding that he kept the university from knowing the “specific nature” of a former professor’s abusive past.” - CToday

“By every indicator, historic, mainstream fundamentalism is a shrinking movement. Churches are shrinking. Fellowships are shrinking. Mission agencies are shrinking. Schools have closed and those that remain are scrambling for students.

“Charles Cotherman’s new book, To Think Christianly, is the first comprehensive history of the Christian study center movement and its many roots in postwar evangelicalism.” - CT

“New protections assure that the accused enjoys the presumption of innocence and has the right to know the charges against him or her in full, examine all evidence, have an adviser cross-examine testimony at a live hearing, and appeal the outcome.

“The trustees also announced independent investigations into both the hiring of former theology professor Anthony Moore and Moore’s conduct while employed at the independent Baptist school.” - BPNews