Abilene has simultaneously experienced a drop in average wages and a slight increase in employment over the past year. And according to an Abilene Reporter-News article, wages dropped by $4,000 for full-time, year-round Abilene workers between 2008-2009. But Abilene's unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 percent in July, a tenth of a percent lower ... [Read More…]

Staff, faculty and students will have the opportunity to learn about gender issues in Christian higher education from scholars across the nation as they present their work on the ACU campus ACU is hosting the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Conference, titled "Changing Faces: Changing Opportunities and Campus Climates for Women and ... [Read More…]

Squeezed between bare stone walls ornamented with external wiring and cobwebs, Rachel Whittaker, senior biochemistry major from Cartersville, Ga., pumps 25 gallons of waste cooking oil from the Bean's kitchen into a giant plastic funnel. While she does not mind getting messy, the used oil is tricky to work with, Whittaker said. "It's really brown ... [Read More…]

Jim Trietsch, senior strategic planner, has given to ACU from every paycheck he has received over the last 25 years. He said he does not contribute to the university so it can build buildings, but so that students can continue their preparation to change the world. "In my mind, there's no other reason to give to the university," Trietsch ... [Read More…]

While ACU's freshmen class is 21 percent ethnically diverse, the university may have trouble keeping minority students until they graduate, according to a report by the Education Trust. ACU had the seventh largest six-year graduation gap between black and white students of 163 private nonprofit colleges across the country, according to the study. ... [Read More…]