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March 04, 2013

Wash. Post: Virginia’s Liberty transforms into evangelical mega-university

by Nick Anderson
The Washington Post

LYNCHBURG, Va. — The small Baptist college that television preacher Jerry Falwell founded here in 1971 has capitalized on the online education boom to become an evangelical mega-university with global reach.

In the almost six years since Falwell’s death, Liberty University has doubled its student head count — twice.

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