CHRISTIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE
Northeastern Christian Junior College was founded in 1957 as the
Northeastern Institute for Christian Education (NICE). The college
was located in Villanova, Pennsylvania, on the Main Line of
Philadelphia, with the Morris Clothier mansion serving as the main
structure. In 1964 NICE became Northeastern Christian Junior
College (NCJC) upon approval from the Department of Education of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1978, NCJC received full
regional accreditation through the Middle States Association of
Colleges and Schools.Discussions of the consolidation of NCJC and OVC [now OVU], which had begun in the early 1980's, were resumed in 1992 by representatives of both boards of trustees and Presidents Stotts and Bowen. That consolidation was finalized in February 1993, bringing together members of the boards of trustees, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and constituents from both institutions. The new larger institution retained the name and location of Ohio Valley College, which has now become Ohio Valley University.
