The King’s College announced that it will not hold classes for the Fall 2023 semester and is pausing operations until further notice as of Monday, July 17. As a result of ongoing financial turmoil and having its accreditation revoked, the college decided to temporarily close while in search of a “strategic alliance.” The college began publicly looking for a partner in Jan. 2023, and ended its former partnership with Primacorp in April.
Read MoreThe perilous state of Documents and interviews with insiders offer a more complete picture of key economic, strategic and circumstantial factors leading to the dramatic turn of events that left students, staff, faculty and families in limbo for months. in New York City developed over decades, hit turbulence in the past two years, then turned into a stunning death spiral in the Spring 2023 semester.
Read MoreThe King’s College officially ended its partnership with Primacorp Ventures and switched out members of the Board of Trustees, according to an email announcement from Chairman Henry Morriello sent on the evening of Friday, April 21. “The King’s College and Primacorp Ventures, Inc. have mutually and amicably agreed to end our collaboration agreements,” Morriello said, “including with respect to board representation and involvement in operations.”
Read MoreThe Middle States Commission on Higher Education, The King’s College’s academic accreditors, conducted an informational meeting notifying the student body of King’s recent failure to satisfy MSCHE accreditation standards on Monday, April 3. According to MSCHE representatives, King’s accreditation status is not to be revoked before, if at all, June 2023.
Read More(OPINION) A recent New York Times article depicted The King’s College as a conservative, predominately white and Protestant institution. In doing so, they directly ignored the minority voices that are poignantly shaping King’s. The Times emphasized the white presence at King’s by quoting only white students; only one out of the four was a woman. At least three students of color were interviewed, but the Times didn’t include their side of the story.
Read MoreDean of Students David Leedy emailed all The King’s College on-campus residents that WNBC would be interviewing students the following evening and disclosed a statement the college would send out to reporters on March 3. NBC 4 New York reporter Checkey Beckford interviewed the students that evening. The report aired at 11:14 p.m. on Friday night and was later posted to the NBC New York website. The report primarily addressed the overdue rent notices King’s students have received over the past few weeks.
Read MoreStudents living in the Albee on-campus housing have continued to receive statements concerning The King’s College’s overdue rent, with many citing a 14-day deadline. On-campus residents received letters in the mail from Kucker Marino Winiarsky & Bittens, a debt collector on behalf of the Albee residences concerning the overdue rent on Thursday, Feb. 23. Students then received notices from Spencer Albee Equities, the building management, on Friday, Feb. 24. These stated that the leaseholder (King’s) has 14 days from Feb. 21 to pay their rent.
Read More(ANALYSIS) The soda machine located in The King’s College Fishbowl conceals a far greater secret — a legacy. Mounted into the wall about four feet above the floor, in the shadow of the vending machine within a claustrophobic two-inch gap is an unknown monument to a forgotten memory: a plaque commemorating the dedication of “Miller Circle” to a certain William A. Miller.
Read MoreThe King’s College’s Executive Committee announced incoming changes to the school’s budget and operations during the Spring 2023 Welcome Back Gathering on Thursday, Jan. 19. Interim President Stockwell Day explained that The King's College will make a series of budget cuts and adjustments to “show donors that we are being fiscally responsible.”
The King’s College hosted Dr. Richard Swinburne, Oxford Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, for a lecture titled “Are We Bodies or Souls?” on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Swinburne discussed the complexities of the body and soul and gave his answer to the age-old question of what makes a person a person.
