A little over two years ago, as I began in my role as President at Sioux Falls Seminary, we embarked on an intriguing journey as we launched a new educational paradigm called the Kairos Project. In my first post about the program, I talked about our desire to shift the focus of theological education. The…
Over the past two months, we have been looking at the topic of operational models and student educational debt at seminaries within the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). We’ve spent some time looking at why we care and what we know. Today, we continue providing several practical ideas that may help us move forward. Student…
In a recent research project, Dr. Harriet Rojas and I looked at various operational models across higher education. After looking over our research, talking with more individuals, and reviewing the efforts that some schools have made to address the issue of the rising cost of theological education, we have come to the conclusion that schools…
Often times, the challenges we face and the opportunities they create are multi-faceted. The fact that large numbers of seminarians are taking significant amounts of educational debt with them when they graduate is no exception. In a recent research project that was part of the Lilly Endowment’s Economic Challenges Facing Future Ministers initiative, Dr. Harriet…
Over the past three weeks, we have gently waded into a conversation about operational models and educational debt in seminaries within the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). We began with a broad overview of our research project that looked at operational models and educational debt in ATS seminaries. Next we talked about the three-sided challenge…
Theological education is facing a three-sided challenge: Cost, Price, and Value. It is important for us to embrace this challenge as an opportunity to shape a bright future…
Educational debt is a growing issue among seminarians. Let’s spend some time looking at what may need to change…(Read more…)
Today, we are going to discuss the role of faculty in a new paradigm. Specifically, we’ll look at how faculty might direct student learning… (Read more…)
So what would happen if we progressed from thinking about a seminary as “place” or “institution” to considering its role as a platform for … (Read more…)
As we move into a new paradigm of theological education, it may be time for us to reconsider a number of things. Today we focus on the traditional definition of a full-time student. Over the next few weeks we will look at cost structures, systems, and faculty. While the definition of a full-time student can…