{"id":1905780,"date":"2023-03-28T03:56:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T07:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-conservative-outpost-kings-college-in-manhattan-must-be-saved\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T03:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T07:58:51","slug":"why-conservative-outpost-kings-college-in-manhattan-must-be-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-conservative-outpost-kings-college-in-manhattan-must-be-saved\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Conservative Outpost King\u2019s College In Manhattan Must Be Saved"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-conservative-outpost-kings-college-in-manhattan-must-be-saved%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1905780&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis turned the board of a Florida state college from \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/new-college-of-florida-is-desantiss-launchpad-for-attack-on-higher-education\/\">a bu<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/new-college-of-florida-is-desantiss-launchpad-for-attack-on-higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bble of progressive ideas<\/a>\u201d to something approaching everyday America, the left went mad, accusing DeSantis of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/desantis-new-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">destroying<\/a>\u201d the college. But rearranging a board of directors is rarely enough to turn a college around, let alone make a lasting change, as Richard Vedder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/who-owns-the-university-florida-hamilton-center-board-administrator-students-dei-bureaucracy-tenure-651c812f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently noted<\/a>. Since William Buckley\u2019s \u201cGod and Man at Yale,\u201d conservatives have lamented that \u201cthe left owns the universities,\u201d and thus begin our troubles, particularly in the institutions that shape culture.<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t it be nice if there were a conservative, Christian liberal arts college in the nation\u2019s financial and cultural capital, New York City? One that produced graduates who go on to top law schools, work for premiere financial institutions, and create award-winning culture?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-381436019\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f053bcd83485a339f6ccce249299e5b1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f053bcd83485a339f6ccce249299e5b1\"><\/div>\n<p>There is. But there might not be for much longer.<\/p>\n<p>The King\u2019s College has operated in the heart of New York City since 1999. In New York, it can influence culture in ways many schools cannot.<\/p>\n<p>As the youngest ever executive secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and as a policy adviser who worked extensively with the Departments of State and Education, we can say King\u2019s prepared us well to engage with the world, whether with Goldman Sachs or Ivy League alumni. But New York City brings unique challenges that now leave King\u2019s on the brink of financial failure.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s crippling Covid-19 shutdowns, which far outpaced the rest of the country, left King\u2019s and other nonprofits in the worst possible situation: stuck with high rent, unable to attract newcomers, and cheated out of the cultural opportunities that make New York City great. Simultaneously, college enrollment cratered nationwide, particularly among liberal arts colleges, with a national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/10\/05\/colleges-struggle-with-enrollment-declines-underfunding-post-covid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9.4 percent enrollment drop<\/a> from fall 2020 to fall 2022.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-33849abdf83eae2b70c2a3cc9239c253 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-33849abdf83eae2b70c2a3cc9239c253\"><\/div>\n<p>King\u2019s also finds itself a microcosm of the broader Christian-conservative realignment. Many elite evangelicals are retreating from conservatism and Republican politics, even as non-elite evangelicals are becoming more politically engaged. Caught in the center of this debate and faced with financial pressures, King\u2019s turned to a <a href=\"https:\/\/religionunplugged.com\/news\/2023\/2\/27\/1b7ilks2i1ij5j65zguguyljumqwky\">for-profit educatio<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/religionunplugged.com\/news\/2023\/2\/27\/1b7ilks2i1ij5j65zguguyljumqwky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/religionunplugged.com\/news\/2023\/2\/27\/1b7ilks2i1ij5j65zguguyljumqwky\"> partner<\/a> two years ago in a deal that failed to generate returns for either party and is now unraveling. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the underlying problems have not changed: Politically engaged Christians have not focused on the long-term effort required to maintain institutions of higher learning, while educationally minded Christians have found themselves politically homeless. These groups must keep working together if there is to be any future in public and intellectual life for conservative and educated people of faith.<\/p>\n<h2>Uniquely Positioned<\/h2>\n<p>King\u2019s \u2014 in the middle of the diverse-in-every-direction New York City \u2014 is the ideal place to keep that conversation going. Indeed, King\u2019s mirrors the early church, which expanded in cities distinct enough to warrant their own Pauline epistles: Ephesus, Corinth, Rome \u2026 Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>New York provides what no heartland conservative college can mimic. King\u2019s students gain the street-smarts education and top-notch internships that prepare them to make it anywhere. And King\u2019s offers what other New York colleges used to provide but now don\u2019t: a solid core curriculum focused on the Western canon.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1d3da4b21b231cc9258c1958b7383c57 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1d3da4b21b231cc9258c1958b7383c57\"><\/div>\n<p>When we look at an economy shaken by bank failures here and abroad, we wish more King\u2019s graduates could work at big banks. When we consider our time in the academy and working with senior government officials, we wish more students were prepared to think logically and critically with an eye toward public service. When we look for movies to watch, we wish more conservatives were equipped to produce stories and films.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>A Rallying Cry<\/h2>\n<p>Alumni, parents, and students have put together a rallying cry: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkc.edu\/savekings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save King\u2019s<\/a>. Things are starting to turn \u2014 King\u2019s is charting a new financial path forward, but time is running out. Indeed, there is a lot on the line. Between a New York state charter, leased building space, and student housing, the costs to restart King\u2019s if it closes may be insurmountable. The costs to keep King\u2019s running and help it turn around are relatively modest.<\/p>\n<p>Critics will point out that it would be much cheaper to operate King\u2019s if only we\u2019d leave New York. But America has plenty of liberal arts colleges \u2014 even several conservative and Christian ones \u2014 in places other than New York. Those schools are good, but they cannot offer the holistic education we received at King\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>King\u2019s prepared us not only academically but in areas like risk-taking and entrepreneurship, professionalism, and engaging with people who looked and thought differently. Beginning adulthood in Manhattan is formative. A conservative movement that graduated more students from the toughest city in the world would be more resilient and perhaps reach a broader demographic.<\/p>\n<p>King\u2019s taught us difficult things are worth doing. Running a conservative Christian college in Manhattan is difficult, but it\u2019s worth doing. Our country needs more young people to learn that lesson \u2014 and Christians need to keep working together to make it happen.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1779d28041f8f562c10a20e9652affaa fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1779d28041f8f562c10a20e9652affaa\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Alexandra Gaiser is the director of regulatory affairs at River Financial, Inc. Rachelle Peterson is the former policy director of the National Association of Scholars.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/banking\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Banking<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/conservative\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Conservative<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/covid-19\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Covid-19<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/evangelical\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">evangelical<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kings-college-2\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">King&#8217;s College<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/liberal-arts\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Liberal Arts<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/manhattan\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Manhattan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">New York City<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Ron DeSantis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/save-kings\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Save King&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/university\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">university<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis turned the board of a Florida state college from \u201ca bubble of progressive ideas\u201d to something approaching everyday America, the left went mad, accusing DeSantis of \u201cdestroying\u201d the college. But rearranging a board of directors is rarely enough to turn a college around, let alone make a lasting change, as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1893,"featured_media":1905781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4023,4914,11435,9519,14647,5518],"class_list":["post-1905780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-college","tag-conservative","tag-kings","tag-manhattan","tag-outpost","tag-saved"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1905781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}