Another Religious Institution Going For-Profit

Elizabeth Redden has written a very nice summary of the current changes at Crichton College, as well as the further-down-the-road experiences of Grand Canyon Education, Inc. What happens when a faith-based institution decides to seek financial salvation by going commercial?

“They don’t want to go out of business, they want to find a way to be able to continue consistent with their mission…. I’m working with a number of institutions, some of which have a religious affiliation, some of which have a strong religious affiliation, some have none at all, but they all have missions. And a piece of the issue is how do they preserve them."

Read more here:

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/08/03/christian