Editing Cascade College (section)

== History ==
Cascade had been founded as '''Columbia Christian College''' in 1956.<ref name="close">{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/cascade_president_economy_hitt.html|title=Economic realities take toll on Cascade College|last=Rose|first=Joseph|date=October 31, 2008|work=The Oregonian|access-date=2008-11-01}}</ref>  For several years, Columbia had serious financial difficulties. Partially as a consequence, its regional accreditation was revoked. The school's board sought help from other colleges affiliated with Churches of Christ. Oklahoma Christian University agreed to fund the college as a branch campus. The newly renamed Cascade College opened in Fall 1994 after its acceptance as a branch by Oklahoma Christian University, with 143 students attending the first semester.

As a branch campus of Oklahoma Christian, Cascade College was accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the [[North Central Association of Colleges and Schools]] and was authorized by the State of Oregon to offer and confer academic degrees. In October 2008, plans were announced to close Cascade, because of financial difficulties, at the end of the 2009 academic year.<ref name="close"/>