Check out what your Christian competitor is doing. https://www.thelayoff.com/grand-canyon-university

University of Maryland University College: A ‘Respected State University’ No Better Than Its For-Profit Peers https://www.thelayoff.com/umuc

Liberty University is not alone in facing revenue challenges. NCES numbers are here. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/private-college-revenues-us-meltdown-dahn-shaulis/

Looks like Trident University may be in trouble for recruiting grieving widows. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/TGu1vGk

"Jerry L. Falwell Jr.’s Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia generated $215 million in net income in 2016 on nearly $1 billion in revenue. This tax-exempt nonprofit university’s net assets now exceed $2.5 billion, up from $1.6 billion in 2016... — read more 

"Liberty University has for some time said that it is the largest Christian university. But Religion News Service recently reported that Grand Canyon University now has more students. The news service also said Liberty had started removing the claim... — read more 

Jerry, what on God's green Earth is wrong with you?

Looks like LU budgets $1M a year for lobbying, though they spend very little. But they did throw in $16K for Roy Moore, the child friendly judge who ran for senate. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000053059ID=D000053059&cycle=A

"At the front lines are the “admissions representatives,” some 300 phone recruiters working two shifts from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., deploying call lists that Liberty gets from websites where people register and search for information about online higher... — read more 

"A progressive Christian author and activist who asked to pray with Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. while visiting Lynchburg, Va., for this weekend’s “Red Letter Revival” got an answer – set foot on campus, and you will go to jail."... — read more 

Jerry Falwell Jr. keeps defending Trump as Liberty University grads return diplomas https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/21/liberty-university-graduates-return-diplomas-because-of-support-for-trump-by-jerry-falwell-jr/

Things are going down at LU: LYNCHBURG (WSLS 10) - Some Liberty University staff were told they don't have a position any longer after a reorganization of its online management staff. This comes as online enrollment is down to 94,000 students, a drop... — read more 

Falwell and DeVos can only help the "business" going, but they cannot make a failing system get better. Frankly, I thought Grand Canyon would fare worse than Liberty. Any reason you know why Liberty is declining faster than GCU?... — read more 

President Donald Trump will give the commencement address at Liberty University. Seems like a perfect fit. http://www.chronicle.com/article/Trump-s-Liberty-U/240058?cid=wsinglestory_hp_1

Not good at all, job cuts follow drops in enrollment numbers. Ouch. http://wsls.com/2017/03/29/liberty-university-online-education-drops-staff-layoffs/