of its closure. It was formerly called Glad Tidings Bible Institute, Bethany Bible College and Bethany College.
== History ==
Bethany University was the oldest of several Assemblies of God institutions of higher education. It was founded in 1919 as Glad Tidings Bible Institute at 1280 Webster Street, San Francisco, to be the training school for an inner-city ministry conducted by Robert and Mary Craig. It moved to Scotts Valley in 1950, and in 1955 became Bethany Bible College and in 2005 to Bethany University.
Enrollment during the 2010–11 academic year was down to approximately 400 students, a decrease from over 500 in previous years. The university also reduced the number of its faculty to 22 full-time and 50 adjunct faculty in its final years. On June 13, 2011, the university announced that it would close effective immediately for reasons of finances and low enrollment.
Not long after the closure announcement, a San Francisco-based Christian institution, Olivet University, announced that it would lease …
