August 27, 2024
Point University Continues to Grow Enrollment Through Employer ‘Subscription’ Program
Point University continues to expand its enrollment through "subscription" agreements with Chick-fil-A and other companies.
Articles for tag: Enrollment Growth
September 5, 2023
GLCC Working to Shore Up Finances While On HLC Probation
Great Lakes Christian College has been busy cutting expenses and raising funds as it works to remedy issues that caused it to be sanctioned by its accrediting agency, the Higher Learning Commission. . . .
April 30, 2021
Emmanuel Awarded Pathways for Tomorrow Grant from Lilly Endowment
A Lilly Endowment grant will support efforts by Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan University in addressing challenges that limit prospective students and underrepresented populations from attending and graduating.
February 26, 2020
Alberta Bible College Adapts to Meet Needs of Today's Church
By Chris Moon Stanley Helton believes Alberta Bible College is in the middle of a turnaround. The president of the Christian college in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has overseen doubling of the school’s enrollment during the past five years. Its adult learning population is starting to take off. And financially, the college finished 2019 in the black—the first time since 2014. “We’ve been steadily chipping away and putting things back in place,” Helton said. The turnaround has been five years in the making. The college hit hard times after several years of inconsistent leadership following the 26-year tenure of Ron Fraser
October 26, 2019
Milligan College to Become Milligan University in 2020
Milligan College kicked off Homecoming weekend Friday by announcing it will change its name to Milligan University effective June 1, 2020. President Bill Greer and board of trustees chairman Ron Dove made the announcement after the fall board meeting. The decision followed two years of study and after considering input from alumni, faculty, staff, the college’s strategic planning committee, and others, according to a news release. “The name Milligan University reflects who we are today and our journey to this moment,” Greer said. “While our name and program offerings may change, who we are at our core hasn’t wavered for
“˜Merge” Is Not a Dirty Word
By Mark A. Taylor Last month, two Christian colleges announced their intent to pursue a partnership with each other. Johnson University, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Florida Christian College, Kissimmee, Florida, hope to become one institution, perhaps as soon as this year, according to Johnson”s president, Gary Weedman. This is the second such possible merger being pursued between schools reporting in Christian Standard. It should not be the last. Last year Milligan College and Emmanuel Christian Seminary announced a similar plan to consider uniting under one administration. According to Milligan”s president, Bill Greer, and Emmanuel”s president, Michael Sweeney, those talks are continuing
March 20, 2012
Interview with Terry Stine
By Paul Boatman After a career in ministry and missions, Terry Stine is completing his fifth year as president of Boise Bible College in Idaho. Many were surprised when you became president of Boise Bible College. How did that happen? Well, my lifelong ministry objective is to preach the Word and go where God sends me. My end-of-life goal is to hear “well done, good and faithful servant.” Wherever God sends me, I go and I stay there until he moves me somewhere else. I”ve never looked to jump from one location to another. But you have been
March 16, 2008
The Future of Christian Church Colleges
By John Derry For the past 20 years I”ve saved the annual Christian Standard issue that highlights enrollment statistics and recent developments in the colleges and universities of the Christian church. That file shows me just how much our schools have changed. We”ve expanded programs, added facilities, relocated to new campuses, changed names, and in some cases ceased to exist. Among the accredited colleges and universities of our fellowship, enrollment has increased more than 70 percent, with some institutions more than doubling in size since 1987. The most recent data for independent Christian church colleges indicates those schools now have
