Davidson College bylaw on religion faces scrutiny
By Hilary Trenda
htrenda@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Monday, May. 27, 2013
Some Davidson College students and faculty are pushing the school to drop a bylaw that requires the school’s president to be a Presbyterian.
Since it was founded in 1837, the small liberal arts college in Davidson has been affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Some form of the religious requirement bylaw has existed, with modifications, for more than 100 years.
But as of the 2012-2013 school year, of the roughly 2,000 students that attend Davidson, only one in 10 is identified as Presbyterian. After considering the findings of the specially-formed trustee committee that studied the issue for nearly nine months, the board announced at its April 16 meeting that it would not change the requirement. It cited lack of “sufficient support for any particular change to it.”
The trustee committee was broadly charged in January 2012 with reviewing the school’s history, relationship with the Presbyterian Church and the Reformed Tradition, among other things, after concerns were raised during the 2010-2011 presidential search.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/17/4047760/davidson-college-bylaw-on-religion.html
