Higher Education

“San Francisco Theological Seminary of California, founded in 1871 and the lone PC(USA) seminary located west of Iowa, recently entered an agreement with the University of Redlands that will make it into a new Graduate School of Theology.” - Christian Post

“ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) — Gateway Seminary is cooperating with Facebook to show the school is not a “hate group” in efforts to boost a post describing the Bible as the ultimate authority.” - BP News

“The University of Northwestern – St. Paul informed its chapter of Young America’s Foundation, a conservative student group, last month that it could not hold an open event featuring the 62-year-old conservative activist.” - Christian Post

“A permanent injunction was extended to the Business Leaders in Christ, barring the University of Iowa from not officially recognizing the group. The university also owes the group $1 million in nominal damages.” - Washington Examiner

“The school’s statement … claims that ‘our decision to cancel Shapiro’s speaking engagement is not a reflection of his ideologies or the values he represents, but rather a desire to focus on opportunities that bring people together.’ But de-platforming is inherently divisive.

“Faced with shrinking enrollment and finances, Christian colleges face the stark reality of deciding how much they are willing to change in order to continue their ministries. The fundamental question is “Where is the line which we cannot cross in order to stay open?” - Proclaim & Defend

“In my previous post considering Dan Wallace’s recent article discussing online vs. in-person education I concluded that, especially regarding theological teaching, in-person education is superior to distance education—all other things being equal. But rarely if ever in life are all other things equal.” - DBTS Blog

Christian colleges seem to do well churning out graduates with the kind of training necessary to serve our capitalist economy, but I’m not so sure we’re preparing our students well for life in a democracy, or in the church. All the conference media is here.

“As a former Southwest Baptist University professor appeals his termination for allegedly accusing faculty colleagues of deviating from theological orthodoxy, the university has commissioned an “external peer assessment” to include “evaluations regarding orthodoxy” on the Bolivar, Mo., campus.” - BPNews