Adventist College May Receive State Funds

A Seventh-day Adventist college in Maryland is eligible to receive state government funding, a United States court ruled June 26. The decision comes after an 11-year quest by Columbia Union College to gain funding under the Sellinger Program, a state program that distributes grants to private colleges in Maryland.

Columbia Union College cannot be excluded from the Sellinger Program solely because of its religious nature, said a three-member panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. By denying a grant only on the basis of religion,