The Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) is recognized by both the United States Department of Education (USDOE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) as a national institutional accrediting agency for Christian post-secondary institutions, colleges, universities, and seminaries. The TRACS conference is drawing near. The following table provides stats and other useful […]
Tracing Steps to APU’s LGBTQ Crisis Azusa Pacific University (APU), a major evangelical school in Southern California, was assaulted this month with headlines like these: “Queering Azusa Pacific University,” “Azusa Pacific Okays Gay Romance (But Not Sex and Marriage)” “Professor: Azusa Pacific Is Losing ‘God First.’” And, with coverage in Christianity Today, the 700 Club, […]
Christian colleges founded with offering plate money have shown a disturbing ability to drift away from the purposes for which so many had previously sacrificed. Aren’t administrators that lead a Christian institution away from Kingdom purposes guilty of grand larceny? When schools lose their Christ-centered purposes, we should be indignant. Aren’t you? There are some […]
Just as colleges are required to make public their consumer outcomes (e.g., graduation rate, retention rate, employment rate), we believe Christian colleges should also make public their spiritual outcomes. Having proposed this to the ABHE Commission on accreditation, we are thrilled to see that at their annual conference in February, ABHE members will be voting […]
Seminaries have an incredible opportunity to reimagine what their future can be as a truly new version of themselves — Seminary 2.0. To accomplish that, they can’t simply update their existing program. They must be willing to adopt a “new version” mentality, as they say in the software industry. Creating a new version of your […]
Dr. Drumm McNaughton is the CEO of The Change Leader, a consultancy that helps Christian colleges educate students for a life of faith and service through holistic approaches to improving planning and change management, governance, academic and business operations, assessment and IR, leadership and culture, accreditation, and diversifying revenue streams. In this interview, he elaborates […]
Of all the avenues for nonprofit fundraising, grant writing seems to have the most “unknowns.” New grant writers often sit puzzling over Requests for Proposals (RFPs) on foundation websites, wondering what to request, how much to ask for, and what exactly is a “logic model.” These are things you should know when submitting a grant […]
Your Board of Trustees has determined that your institution should offering Title IV financial aid, but many questions remain. Examples of such questions are: Are we required to participate in the student loan programs or can we just participate in the Federal Pell Grant Program? We are a new institution. How long do we have […]
The number of higher education institutions rethinking how they screen and accept new students continues to grow (Goral, 2018). Many higher education institutions no longer require ACT or SAT scores for prospective undergraduates. These test-optional schools say the tests place an unfair cost and burden on low-income and minority students and ultimately hinder efforts […]
Do you hear ticking? Is there is a bomb ready to detonate at your institution? Considering how so many colleges are on the verge of an explosion from unresolved financial weaknesses, maybe you should just drown out the ticking with earplugs. Or, maybe you should take a look at which wires need to be cut… […]
