Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education
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The Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education (ARIHE) is an affiliate of the International Association for Promotion of Christian Higher Education
, as the latter's North American Region. IRIHE's member institutions currently include:
IAPCHE maintains an office on the campus of Dordt College, and carries IRHE information in its online newsletter. Various ARIHE documents may be downloaded from the Internet in PDF format.
International Association for Promotion of Christian Higher Education
The International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education is an international organization of individuals and institutions, seeking to serve Jesus as Lord by fostering, worldwide, the development of integral Christian higher education through networking and related academic...
, as the latter's North American Region. IRIHE's member institutions currently include:
- Calvin CollegeCalvin CollegeCalvin College is a comprehensive liberal arts college located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin College is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed tradition of Protestantism...
(Grand Rapids, Michigan) is affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church in North America. - Covenant CollegeCovenant CollegeCovenant College is a Christian liberal arts college in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, United States.-History:Founded in 1955 in Pasadena, California, Covenant College and Theological Seminary moved its campus to St. Louis, Missouri the following year, and, in 1965, separated from the seminary, moving...
(Lookout Mountain, Georgia) is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America, - Dordt CollegeDordt CollegeDordt College is a private, Christian, liberal arts college located in Sioux Center, Iowa. It was founded in 1955 and is affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church. The college name is a reference to the Synod of Dort....
(Sioux Center, Iowa) is related to local bodies of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, but exercises a high degree of self-governance. - Geneva CollegeGeneva CollegeGeneva College is a Christian liberal arts college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Pittsburgh. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional undergraduates in...
(Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania) is affiliated with the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, - Institute for Christian StudiesInstitute for Christian StudiesThe Institute for Christian Studies Toronto, Ontario is one of several unrelated institutions bearing that name.ICS Toronto is an independent graduate school of inter-disciplinary philosophy. At ICS, Junior Members and Senior members take part in shared learning through participatory seminars,...
(TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario) is an independent Christian graduate school in philosophy. ICS is not a function of either State or Church, but has close relations with members of the Christian Reformed Church who independently join ICS's administering association. Members of many other denominations are also among this core constituency. ICS has recently been granted by the Province of Ontario the right to grant degrees fully on its own, both the Master of Arts in Philosophy (a two year program) and the Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy or the philosophical foundations of a specialist discipline within ICS's competence, in relation to the Free UniversityVrije UniversiteitThe Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch name is often abbreviated as VU and in English the university uses the name "VU University". The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern part of Amsterdam in the Buitenveldert district...
in AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
where to date the final oral examination for the published PhD is defended and graded. ICS also offers a one-year degree, Master of Worldview Studies (MWS) that is recognized in many places around the world. - New Saint Andrews CollegeNew Saint Andrews CollegeNew Saint Andrews College is a classical Christian college located in Moscow, Idaho. It was founded in 1994 and modeled in part on the curriculum of Harvard College of the seventeenth century. The college offers no undergraduate majors, but follows a single, integrated classical liberal arts...
(Moscow, ID) is an independent, classical Christian liberal arts college, founded in 1994, offering associate, bachelor, and master degrees. Faculty members must be confessionally Reformed and the members of the Board of Trustees must be ministers or elders in the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesConfederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesThe Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches , formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds...
(CREC). - Providence Christian CollegeProvidence Christian CollegeProvidence Christian College is a four-year liberal arts college in Pasadena, California. Founded in 2005, it is an independent, confessionally Reformed college with no formal denominational ties....
(Ontario, CA) is an independent confessionally Presbyterian and Reformed liberal arts college in southern California, founded in 2005. - Redeemer University CollegeRedeemer University CollegeRedeemer University College is an undergraduate Christian Liberal Arts and Science University located in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1982, Redeemer stands in the Reformed Tradition and offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, and Bachelor of Science degrees.-History:The college...
(Ancaster. Ontaro) is an independent Christian undergraduate school offering Bachelor's degrees recognized by the Province of Ontario. Its governing association is composed of members from a variety of Reformed denominations. - The King's University CollegeKing's University College (Edmonton)The King's University College is a private liberal arts college, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The University was founded by members of the Christian Reformed Church who saw a need for a regional, trans-denominational, Christian college in Western Canada...
(Edmonton, Alberta) is an independent Christian undergraduate school offering Bachelor's degrees. Members of its governing association belong to a variety of Reformed denominations. - Trinity Christian CollegeTrinity Christian CollegeTrinity Christian College is a liberal arts college located in Palos Heights, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The college was founded in 1959 by a group of Chicago businessmen who wanted to establish a college providing students with a Christian higher education in a Reformed tradition...
(Palos Heights, Illinois) has a close relation to the Christian Reformed Churches in the Greater Chicago area.
IAPCHE maintains an office on the campus of Dordt College, and carries IRHE information in its online newsletter. Various ARIHE documents may be downloaded from the Internet in PDF format.