More than a quarter of BJU's faculty will not be returning for the 2025-26 academic year.
26.32% of BJU Faculty Not Returning in the Fall of 2025
26.32% of BJU Faculty Not Returning in the Fall of 2025
Faculty Reductions at BJU
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Thank you, Old Judge, for this information. I was not aware of this latest dramatic reduction in faculty. It appears that the faculty count at BJU has been declining for some time now. See this newsletter from BJU dated one year ago - March 3, 2024:
"As of March 1 [2024], nineteen current faculty members were confirmed as not returning for the 2024–25 academic year at Bob Jones University. Out of the nineteen, seven faculty members are retiring, and five have submitted their resignations. One resignation is due to dissatisfaction, and four are due to normal transitions like becoming a stay-at-home mom or becoming a full-time pastor. The contracts for seven faculty members were not renewed — most of these non-renewal decisions resulted from low enrollment in specific programs.
"Though not abnormal within higher education, these changes naturally generate important questions within our BJU community."
See also this notice from What in the World:
This Board Meeting is not on the schedule. But the Board is meeting on Friday, April 4. Meanwhile, the students are pushing a 'Meet you at the Pole' prayer meeting. The entire constituency is talking about how Crockett wants out. Three top admin have resigned.
Their financial assets have dropped to half (story is ongoing). This is ominous, folks."
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"As of March 1 [2024], nineteen current faculty members were confirmed as not returning for the 2024–25 academic year at Bob Jones University. Out of the nineteen, seven faculty members are retiring, and five have submitted their resignations. One resignation is due to dissatisfaction, and four are due to normal transitions like becoming a stay-at-home mom or becoming a full-time pastor. The contracts for seven faculty members were not renewed — most of these non-renewal decisions resulted from low enrollment in specific programs.
"Though not abnormal within higher education, these changes naturally generate important questions within our BJU community."
See also this notice from What in the World:
This Board Meeting is not on the schedule. But the Board is meeting on Friday, April 4. Meanwhile, the students are pushing a 'Meet you at the Pole' prayer meeting. The entire constituency is talking about how Crockett wants out. Three top admin have resigned.
Their financial assets have dropped to half (story is ongoing). This is ominous, folks."
What in the World!
A news service about Bob Jones University prepared for the incredulous.
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FWIW, here's their webpage about their current president, Josh Crockett
DOGE?
His Dad was Leigh Crockett. A typical Fighting Fundy. I heard him do a wedding for a friend of mine and he totally butchered every text he read and preached on.
Gung-ho or absent minded?
Gung-ho.