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Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian university

Posted: April 29th, 2018, 4:08 pm
by Jonathan Carone

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: April 29th, 2018, 4:40 pm
by Purple Haize
Jonathan Carone wrote:Grand Canyon is.

https://religionnews.com/2018/04/27/lib ... niversity/
That’s funny right there GCU is faaaar from whatever Christian roots it once may have had. It’s like saying Duke is still a Christian University because they still have a chapel

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: April 29th, 2018, 4:48 pm
by Old Red
I wonder if LU will fight to reclaim the title, or if they’ll ever just let it go & focus on quality over quantity?

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: April 29th, 2018, 4:56 pm
by Yacht Rock
Old Red wrote:I wonder if LU will fight to reclaim the title, or if they’ll ever just let it go & focus on quality over quantity?
“We are focusing more on quality than the sheer size of our university,” said Len Stevens, executive director of external communications for the school.
I know there are folks that want to improve the quality at LU and had a good conversation with some of them this morning about adding more synchronous interactions to the online learning experience. However, even they admitted though that if they challenge their "students/customers" more, then they might just leave and take their business elsewhere. I'm not sure they are willing to increase quality if it means losing "students/customers".

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: April 29th, 2018, 10:32 pm
by Class of 20Something
Gcu is also for profit. LU will likely just change advertising to largest non profit Christian university. Way easier change to make.

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: April 29th, 2018, 10:39 pm
by SumItUp
Class of 20Something wrote:Gcu is also for profit. LU will likely just change advertising to largest non profit Christian university. Way easier change to make.
Grand Canyon University was approved to return to non-profit status last month.

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: May 7th, 2018, 9:42 am
by ballcoach15
I have never heard of GCU, but they do have an athletic program, fielding most sports except football.

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: May 7th, 2018, 2:22 pm
by Purple Haize
ballcoach15 wrote:I have never heard of GCU, but they do have an athletic program, fielding most sports except football.
They have a good hoops team

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: May 7th, 2018, 3:24 pm
by Class of 20Something
Purple Haize wrote:
ballcoach15 wrote:I have never heard of GCU, but they do have an athletic program, fielding most sports except football.
They have a good hoops team
Are they the ones with the crazy home court advantage?

Re: Liberty no longer the country’s largest Christian univer

Posted: May 7th, 2018, 6:33 pm
by Sly Fox
Yes, they have a great homecourt advantage in Phoenix and compete in what is left of the WAC. They do not play football.