"..Richard John Mouw attended Northwestern Junior College

Born: April 22, 1940, in Passaic, New Jersey Wikipedia.

He was baptized as an infant at the First Holland Reformed Church of Passaic

 "..Richard John Mouw attended Northwestern Junior College before graduating from Houghton College in 1962. While I don't have the specific years he was at the junior college within this context, it would have been sometime before 1962.... Later, RIchard Mouw transferred to Houghton University in Houghton NY about 60 miles from Buffalo../"

"Based on recent data, Houghton University's acceptance rate is quite high. You'll find slightly different figures across sources, but they generally indicate that Houghton University is not very selective.

Stage	Institution
Junior College	Northwestern Junior College
Bachelor's Degree (BA)	Houghton College
Master of Divinity (MDiv)	Western Theological Seminary
Master's (MA)	University of Alberta
Doctorate (PhD)	University of Chicago

The attendance at Northwestern Junior College is confirmed in a news release noting that Mouw "studied at Northwestern Junior College" before completing his BA at Houghton College Northwestern College.

The rest of his academic degrees—from Houghton College onward—are well-documented in multiple official biographies Northwestern CollegeWikipedia.

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Summary:
Richard Mouw's educational journey began at Northwestern Junior College (not in the Northwest), then progressed to a BA at Houghton College, followed by graduate studies and eventually a PhD from the University of Chicago.

Northwestern Junior College was an early phase of what today is known as Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa.

• Origins: The institution began as the Northwestern Classical Academy in 1882, founded to provide classical and Christian education under the Reformed Church in America (RCA) Northwestern CollegeNWCommons.

• In 1928, the academy expanded by adding a junior college division, becoming Northwestern Junior College Northwestern CollegeHandWiki.

• The junior college and the academy continued operating together until 1961, when the academy closed, and Northwestern transitioned into a full-fledged four-year college Northwestern CollegeHandWiki.