by David Agron, Ph.D. | Feb 12, 2019 | 2019, Academics, General, Public Policy, Spiritual Life, Winter
SOGI Students on our Campus? Where did they come from? Why did they come to a school like ours? They may have come from your church and may have chosen your school because it is a Christian campus. We hear more and more about Sexual Orientation Gender Identity...
by Richard Liverance | Feb 12, 2019 | 2019, Academics, Winter
Ever since the Aramean, Naaman, traveled to Samaria to seek healing from the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 5:1 ff), and ever since a group of magi traveled from Persia in search of the Messiah (Matthew 2:1-2), adventurous Gentiles from across the globe have traveled to...
by Scott Womble | Feb 12, 2019 | 2019, Academics, Winter
When a Bible school looks for ways to grow or just survive, some decide to move to a liberal arts university model. In doing so, they often leave the largest Christian college accrediting association in the US — ABHE: Association for Biblical Higher Education. ABHE...
by Matthew Bracey | Feb 12, 2019 | 2019, Academics, Winter
The life of a vice provost who also teaches half-time at a small Christian college is busy. There are emails to review, telephone calls to answer, strategies to plan, meetings to lead, administrators to appease, faculty to encourage, students to help, parents to...
by John Schwandt | Oct 16, 2018 | 2018, Academics, Fall, Presidents
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...
by Jan Haas | Oct 16, 2018 | 2018, Academics, Fall, Recruiting
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...