The Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) is recognized by both the United States Department of Education (USDOE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) as a national institutional accrediting agency for Christian post-secondary institutions, colleges, universities, and seminaries. The TRACS conference is drawing near. The following table provides stats and other useful […]
Spiritually Accountable Colleges Assessment Project (SACAP) Application To help promote the SACAP, we are offering $500 grants to students engaged in doctoral work in accredited, Christian graduate schools and universities. The following is the text from the application form, a fillable PDF that can be obtained by emailing an application request to: [email protected] Introduction to […]
Invasion of the Mission Snatchers Prevalence of Gay Activists on Campus Are gay activists mobilizing on your campus? How would you know? In his book, Gay on God’s Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities, Jonathan Coley reports on his study of 682 Christian colleges and universities. About half, 45%, had officially […]
Last Updated: 5/13/19 Upcoming Conference Date, Location, Airport June 10–13, 2019 Marion, IN – Indiana Wesleyan University The Ft Wayne airport is closer, but the Indianapolis airport is usually cheaper. Of course, time and expense to go from Indianapolis needs to be factored in. Check what is best for you. Website http://www.acl.org/ Mission (purpose, niche) […]
SOGI Students on our Campus? Where did they come from? Why did they come to a school like ours? They may have come from your church and may have chosen your school because it is a Christian campus. We hear more and more about Sexual Orientation Gender Identity (SOGI) issues. We think that issue is […]
Last Updated 1/9/19 Upcoming CAHEA Conference Date Monday, June 10, 2019 through Thursday, June 13, 2019 Location Colorado Springs, CO at Hotel Elegante Airport You can fly into Colorado Springs (CSO) and take a free shuttle to the hotel. Though further away, it is significantly cheaper for a few people to fly into Denver (DEN) and […]
The ABACC conference provides professional development, networking, and support for Christian higher education business and finance officers. Being a specialized conference, you would not want to send a wide variety of staff members here. But, it is almost essential to send business officers because of the unique opportunity for them to receive high quality professional […]
Tracing Steps to APU’s LGBTQ Crisis Azusa Pacific University (APU), a major evangelical school in Southern California, was assaulted this month with headlines like these: “Queering Azusa Pacific University,” “Azusa Pacific Okays Gay Romance (But Not Sex and Marriage)” “Professor: Azusa Pacific Is Losing ‘God First.’” And, with coverage in Christianity Today, the 700 Club, […]
Christian colleges founded with offering plate money have shown a disturbing ability to drift away from the purposes for which so many had previously sacrificed. Aren’t administrators that lead a Christian institution away from Kingdom purposes guilty of grand larceny? When schools lose their Christ-centered purposes, we should be indignant. Aren’t you? There are some […]
Just as colleges are required to make public their consumer outcomes (e.g., graduation rate, retention rate, employment rate), we believe Christian colleges should also make public their spiritual outcomes. Having proposed this to the ABHE Commission on accreditation, we are thrilled to see that at their annual conference in February, ABHE members will be voting […]
