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…
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…
Today, we continue to look at operational models and student debt in ATS seminaries. On the docket for today is correcting a common misconception regarding the price of tuition and student debt.
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…
This will be a different post than you might usually find me writing. However, I think it is important given the landscape of … (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…)
Since 2003, total enrollment in seminaries across the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) has declined by about 7% and giving has decreased by about 2%. During that same period of time, the amount seminaries are spending to deliver theological education has risen by about 30%. If you are a visual person, you can see all…
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…