Transformation at that school is requiring some tough choices
Christian colleges and universities are in a tough spot. Spiraling costs and shrinking demographics, plus technological and other cultural concerns, are putting unprecedented pressure on them.
Anyone could see that Montreat would have to close—and soon. But it didn’t. By 2019, after four straight years of growing enrollment, Montreat has 538 traditional undergraduate students on the main campus, up from 385 in 2014.