What is Bob Jones University?
{{Infobox University | name = Bob Jones University | image = Bob Jones University, Front Campus Fountain.jpg | caption = Front Campus Fountain | motto = Petimus credimus | motto_lang = [[Latin]] | established = 1917 | type = Private | endowment = | chancellor = Bob Jones III | president = Stephen Jones | staff = 1,450 | students = c. 3,000 | undergrad = 3,600 | postgrad = 600 | city = [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]] | state = [[South Carolina]] | country = [[United States]] | campus = [[Suburb]]an | website = [http://www.bju.edu/ www.bju.edu] }} '''Bob Jones University''' ('''BJU''') is a [[Private school|private]] [[Protestant]] [[Christian]] [[university]] in [[Greenville, South Carolina]].<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/about/fast-facts.php Bob Jones University Fast Facts]</ref> The university was founded in [[1927]] by [[Bob Jones, Sr.]] ([[1883]]-[[1968]]), an [[Evangelism|evangelist]]. The school has around 3,000 students attending it, and there are 2,755 undergraduate students attending.<ref>[https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?217749-Bob-Jones-University Bob Jones University College Scorecard]</ref> Until the 1970s, BJU only allowed [[White people|white]] students to attend. Afterwards, it banned [[interracial]] dating.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bob Jones University Apologizes for Its Racist Past|url=https://www.jbhe.com/news_views/62_bobjones.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-17|website=The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.bju.edu/ BJU website] {{US-geo-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Colleges and universities in South Carolina]] [[Category:Greenville, South Carolina]] [[Category:1917 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Christian colleges and universities in the United States]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in South Carolina]]