Alliance University, an institution affiliated with The Christian and Missionary Alliance and previously known as Nyack College, is closing its doors as Christian higher education continues to face significant difficulties.
On June 26, Alliance University received notice from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that its accreditation was being withdrawn as of December 31, 2023.
This, along with their current financial situation, led the school to close for good.
“After carefully evaluating all the options and the current financial situation, the Board has made the difficult decision to wind down on-campus and online educational offerings as of August 31, 2023,” said the school in a statement. “Alliance University will not offer courses for the Fall semester. This news is a tremendous loss for us who love Alliance University and the people here. We are all grieving.”
Founded in 1882 as Nyack College, the school has been rooted in its commitment to academic excellence and spiritual development. Last year, after selling its historic Rockland County campus and consolidating classes at its Manhattan location, it was rebranded as Alliance University.
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Established as an educational institution of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), Alliance University has been training men and women for global impact since its inception.
Many observers have noted that The King’s College in New York City is also on the verge of closing.
“I know a lot of New York metropolitan area evangelicals who attended these schools (Kings and Nyack) and I was an adjunct history professor at Nyack during the 1990s,” tweeted John Fea, professor of American history at Messiah University in Pennsylvania. “They were important institutions in 20th-century New York evangelicalism.”
Although Alliance University will close this fall, the Board of Directors for the Christian and Missionary Alliance is currently exploring the possibility of continuing the Alliance Theological Seminary program.
Josh Shepherd contributed to this article, which was originally published at CHVN.
Journalist Colleen Houde is a news writer and on-air host at CHVN in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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From an Australian point-of-view, there don’t seem to be many left on the Evangelical horizon who have yet to be scrutinised.