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News elsewhere about the firings include:

Professor dismissals stir debate on campus | Also, Feds monitoring aid at Grand Canyon U. (The Arizona Republic, May. 19, 2005)

Pink Slips | At least five of the instructors who were let go had tenure, even though they and other instructors at the college say that administrators had assured them repeatedly since a group of private investors bought the financially ailing Christian college in January 2004 that the institution would honor their tenured status. (Inside Higher Ed, May 18, 2005)

Christian University That Recently Turned For-Profit Fires 17 Faculty Members, 5 of Whom Had Tenure | Maxie Burch knew something was wrong when his campus e-mail account stopped working on Friday morning. Then a maintenance man showed up to change the locks on his office door at Grand Canyon University, where the associate professor of Christian studies had taught for eight years. At 3:30 that afternoon, two security guards and a university official arrived to escort him from the campus. It wasn't until Saturday morning that Mr. Burch, who had tenure, received a letter from the university informing him that his contract would not be renewed. (Chronicle of Higher Education, May 17, 2005)

For the Love of God (and Money) | Investors say they will retain an evangelical college's religious character while turning a profit (Chronicle of Higher Education, September 3, 2004)

CT's previously coverage Grand Canyon University's transition to a for-profit model: Christian Ed That Pays Off | Grand Canyon University becomes the first for-profit Christian college. (Feb. 02, 2005)

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