Oct. 12—A Christian university in Illinois is closing its doors at the end of this school year and turning over the master's degree programs in its seminary and a $3.8 million scholarship endowment to ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Reflecting on his nearly four decades in Christian higher education, sociologist John W. Hawthorne ...

In 1944, Lincoln Bible Institute was founded by Earl Hargrove, and the school quickly gained a sterling reputation for preparing men and women for ministry in the local church. Over the course of the ...

Lincoln Christian University in Illinois will close at the end of the academic year, and its seminary will be acquired by Ozark Christian College, The State-Journal Register reported Thursday. The ...

MACOMB, Ill. — Swinging their pompoms in sync, the Westernettes danced in the sun on a recent Friday morning as the Marching Leathernecks played their traditional tune “Let’s Go ‘Necks!” in the shade.

Illinois’ public universities are on shaky ground, and their financial troubles may only get worse. Years of declining enrollments, combined with a decade-plus of state underfunding, are finally ...