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''This article is about The King's College in New York City. For other colleges with similar names, see King's College.''

The King’s College—New York City (also TKC or simply King's) is a Christian liberal arts college with classrooms and offices in the Empire State Building.

Briarcliff Manor, New York—1955-0000
Percy B. Crawford founded The King’s College in 1938 in Belmar, New Jersey. In 1955 he moved the college to the former Briarcliff Lodge site in Briarcliff Manor, New York. During its time in Briarcliff, The King's College sponsored the The King's Tournament, in which East Coast Christian colleges competed each year. Dr. Robert Cook and Dr. Friedhelm Radandt were the college’s second and third presidents.

Dissolution and Bankruptcy
The College declined from the 1970s and finally went bankrupt, owing more than $25 million of debt, and closing down in 1994.

New York City, New York—1999-Present
The debt was paid off by Campus Crusade for Christ. In 1999 King's leased three floors of the Empire State Building in New York City and moved its campus there. On 1 January 2003 J. Stanley Oakes Jr. became the fourth president; five years later, Oakes became chancellor and Andy Mills became the fifth president. Following a battle with brain cancer, Oakes reassumed the presidency on 1 January 2009.

Mission
The King's College mission statement says, "Through its commitment to the truths of Christianity and a biblical worldview, The King’s College seeks to transform society by preparing students for careers in which they help to shape and eventually to lead strategic public and private institutions, and by supporting faculty members as they directly engage culture through writing and speaking publicly on critical issues."

Religious Affiliation
Faculty members sign a Christian statement of faith. King's encourages but does not require church attendance and stipulates that students who desire to be campus leaders should "manifest godly character." Students through an honor code pledge not to cheat, lie, or steal, but King's does not monitor their viewing or listening habits. While the college does have a business casual dress code for classes, the school does not require a particular style of dress for students outside of the classroom.

Degree Programs
The King's College offers a curriculum founded in a common core which emphasizes writing, history, theology, philosophy, economics, and political theory. The King's College offers two majors, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. The King’s PP&E program is modeled after the PP&E program that began at Oxford University during the 1920s, and places a particular emphasis on a Christian worldview. Students read great books and great thinkers, such as Plato and Aristotle, the Federalist Papers, Alexis de Tocqueville, Adam Smith and Milton Friedman. The curriculum also integrates many authors opposed to the school's classically liberal worldview, such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Voltaire, and Jonathan Rauch. The emphasis is decidedly decentralist in politics, classical in philosophy, and free market (with biblical ethics) in economics. Students also take courses in theology and Western civilization. The curriculum places persuasive writing and speaking at the center of nearly every course.

Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
Within the PP&E program, students are able to pursue concentrations in literature, media, theology, and foundations of education.

Business Management
The Business Management Program teaches King’s students not just the techniques of management, such as accounting and marketing, but also how to understand the social, political, and economic foundations of free markets. Faculty members include a venture capitalist, a former bank executive, and a Wall Street investment specialist. The program aims to prepare students to manage both for-profit and non-profit organizations.

Apartments
Student housing is provided in two high-rise apartment buildings in Midtown Manhattan. One is located on the same block as the Empire State Building, on the east side of Herald Square, while the other is located three blocks north.

House System and Competition
All students enrolled at the college are divided into houses. Upper-classmen can assume leadership roles within their house, taking the role of President, Chamberlain, Helmsman, or Scholar. Each house is also assigned two faculty/staff members to serve as mentors and to help the houses accomplish their individual missions.

Houses are named after historic leaders. Current houses include:
 * House of C. S. Lewis
 * House of Clara Barton
 * House of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
 * House of Elizabeth I
 * House of Margaret Thatcher
 * House of Ronald Reagan
 * House of Sojourner Truth
 * House of Susan B. Anthony
 * House of Winston Churchill

Students typically develop strong ties within their houses, which help them connect in small groups, pray for each other, and work together to influence New York City by reaching out to local high schools, coordinating blood drives, or mentoring urban youth.

Student Organizations
King’s has many student groups, including The Artisan’s Guild, which puts on annual events showcasing student art and talent; BreadBreakers, which meets weekly for potluck-style dinners; The King's Dancers, which schedules dance practices, performances, and outings; and The King's College Film Society which gathers to watch and discuss thought-provoking and controversial films. Other organizations include The King's Council, the King’s student government group; Student Voice, the King’s student newspaper; The King's College Intramural Table Tennis and Billiards Leagues; and The Tent, a voluntary, student-led Christian worship and prayer group. In December 2008, a group of students launched the Gadfly, an independent monthly magazine of philosophy, politics, and economics. The Gadfly is the only independent publication at The King's College.

Criticism and Response
In 2005 The King's College sought state reaccreditation but came under fire from State Board of Regents member John Brademas, who complained that the school was using the same name that current Columbia University had in the 18th century. King's received sympathetic coverage in the New York Post, and critical coverage in the Village Voice. The college also responded with a new emphasis on the intellectual breadth and power of scholarly approaches founded on Christianity and a biblical worldview. The Regents soon after reaccredited the school.

The King's College now emphasizes both "great ideas" and "great location." Among the better-known King’s faculty members are Marvin Olasky, the King’s provost who is also editor-in-chief of World magazine; Peter Kreeft, the philosopher and theologian; Anne Hendershott, author and urban affairs specialist; and Bret Schundler, the former Jersey City mayor and Republican leader.

Miscellaneous
King’s allows students to gain academic credit for internships; King’s students have done internships year round at institutions such as NBC, ESPN, Sony, ABC, FOX News, Oppenheimer & Co., Dow Jones, Capitol Hill, and The United Nations. King’s also uses its central location and connections to bring in speakers and discussants, Christian and non-Christian, who connect theory with the world outside classroom walls. Authors regularly drop in for conversation with students and professors; late in 2007 Dinesh D’Souza and Christopher Hitchens debated Christianity and atheism in a King’s event that not only drew students but hundreds of New Yorkers, plus the cameras of C-SPAN, FOX News, and many others.

The college is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and is also currently undergoing accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.