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Seminaries Squeezed
Mainline Protestant theological schools are exploring mergers and campus sales as they feel a prolonged enrollment and financial pinch, but experts see smaller institutions bubbling up under different faiths.
Available City Seeks College
Red Wing, Minn., hopes to attract a four-year institution but faces stiff competition from larger, sunnier cities and a history littered with failed branch campus attractions across the country.
Potentially Dire Impacts
Proposed new rules for overtime pay would not only take a grave financial toll on many institutions but also significantly limit entry-level job opportunities, argues David A. Armstrong.
Opinion
A Tale of Two Newmans
Both Cardinal Newman and Simon Newman have struggled with how to define the essence of university education during challenging historical moments for higher education, writes Johann N. Neem.
Refereeing Religion?
Recent actions by the National Labor Relations Board jeopardize the fundamental First Amendment right of Catholic universities to apply their own conception of their religious-educational mission, argues Reverend Dennis Holtschneider.
The Temptation of Baylor
Baylor University has one of the top football teams in the country. It's also the world's largest Baptist university. Can the two identities coexist without serious compromise?
Opinion
Purity at Expense of Unity
If the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities attempts to establish a set of litmus tests for its members, it will accomplish little and imperil its future, writes Mark Putnam.
New Move in Union-Busting?
Duquesne U. adjuncts are angry over what they see as a thinly-veiled threat not to rehire those colleagues involved in a long-running union drive.