Religious colleges

From Cornell University, which was always nonsectarian, to California’s Azusa Pacific University, which began as a Bible college, institutions with Quaker roots have grown in any number of directions.

Texas Supreme Court throws out state regulation of some religious institutions -- and some fear diploma mills will gain a new way to evade scrutiny.

Church investigation of Georgetown U. theology professor's book raises concerns about academic freedom.

After years of planning, a new generation of ideological colleges takes shape, in purposeful counterpoint to traditional institutions they see as having lost the way.

At a national convention on college media, panelists discuss the relationship between administrators and student reporters at church-related colleges.

Holy Cross expands first-year living-learning program built around small seminars to the entire freshman class.

As opponents of scientific consensus make free expression claims, a professor who wrote book to reconcile faith with evolution is banned from teaching general biology or having his book taught.

When a professor asked for an exemption to a Calvin College policy so she could join a black church -- while remaining a tenure-track faculty member -- the board said no.

In era of million-dollar campus CEO's, small college group urges focus on "fit" between leaders' personal "call" and the mission of their institutions.

Maharishi U. is reconstructing its entire physical plant in line with the "nourishing" principles of Vedic architecture.