Wednesday, May 06, 2009

HUC Cincinnati: Maybe Not a Lean-To in a Cucumber Field

The latest report from Hebrew Union College looks better for its Cincinnati campus. The institution's Board of Governors has adopted a plan to keep all of its campuses operating.

SWNID suspects but cannot confirm that this might be good news for those who want HUC Cincinnati to continue as a haven for Christian graduate students of Hebrew Bible. Oral reports have suggested that the institution's leadership has been conflicted about the large number of Christians who populate its PhD program and have discussed eliminating the program to concentrate on rabbinic studies. If the present situation reveals the potential of positive cash flow from the Christians, they're all the more likely to stick around.

1 comment:

L. Samuel Fuhrman said...

This makes me happy. I was at least keeping HUC open as an option for graduate school, and am glad to see it may still be an option.