Three Tips on How to Recruit and Retain Latino Students
The opportunity to recruit Latino students should be important to Christian colleges. Latinos are forecasted to be 30% of the population in the U.S. by 2060, belonging to the more than 50% majority-minority, according to the U.S. Census. They have become the largest...
Accreditation Consultant Prices
Is Hiring an Accreditation Consultant Worth Your School’s Money? Have you wondered whether accreditation consultant prices are worth the money? Let’s consider a realistic case study: Imagine that half your board neither donates money or brings in donations. And...
Unusual Enrollment History Selection Process to Change for 2016–17
Students are not only smart, they can be industriously unethical too. Some have learned how to attend a school just long enough to get financial aid and then leave the school to attend another school to repeat the offense. These students fraudulently receive grant...
Ministry Placement – 4 Trends in Full-Time Vocational Ministry
Vocational ministry placement offices must take into account that there are changes in the roles of our graduates. In my role as Director of Placement at Dallas Theological Seminary, I’ve observed recent trends develop in the hiring processes of evangelical churches...
Religious Freedom, Human Sexuality, Same-Sex Marriage and Christian Colleges: What is at Stake?
The recent US Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriages is just one more example of what happens when the laws of the land conflict with the Christian conscience. When legal opinions on same-sex marriage and Christian colleges are at odds, there could be...
The Supreme Court Marriage Ruling, Christian Higher Ed and a Canadian Experience
Since the June 2015 SCOTUS ruling to legalize same-sex marriage across the US, American Bible-believers have wondered what this means for their colleges, universities and seminaries. Has the Supreme Court determined that marriage morals held by Evangelical colleges,...
Privatizing the Funding of Christian Higher Education: A Response to the US Supreme Court on Gay Marriage
Hostility and threats aimed at Christian higher education are at an all-time high. Just ask Gordon College, George Fox, and Cal Baptist Universities. They have all recently fought battles over LGBT-related issues. The recent decision of the Supreme Court on gay...
5 Technological Trends Christian Colleges Can Use for Kingdom and Academic Advancement
As mariners scan the horizon for changes in weather patterns, so must Christian colleges watch for changes in technological trends. Identifying technological trends that colleges could embrace can expand their reach and relevancy. Those trends that affect secular...
Got Growth? Assessing the Spiritual Growth of Students – Why & How
The Need for Assessing the Spiritual Growth of Students On my journey to a PhD in Higher Education Administration, I became interested in the idea of assessing spiritual growth among Bible college students. Those involved in Biblical education propose that students...
Courting the Anonymous: Admissions Marketing to Those Who Won’t Commit
Marry You?! I’m Just Here for the Speed-Dating Round! Online Marketing Do’s and Don’ts Traditionally, higher education website lead gathering has gone something like this: “Susie Prospect, fill out my lengthy and detailed web form so that I can market to you.” It may...
Why Go to College? Is it Worth the Trouble?
"I don't see why I really need to be going to college," she complained. On a hike with a few fellow church members, this young lady, a child of missionaries who were perhaps too far away to see their daughter's struggles, expressed all the motivation of a soon-to-be...
The Left at Christian Universities: The intolerant lovers of “tolerance”
Christian universities who require faculty to hold certain faith beliefs violate academic freedom, according to the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) — the Canadian version of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), “Academic freedom...
Character vs. Conscience: Understanding the Role of a Chief Business Officer and a President
College presidents represent the character and imagination of the schools they serve. They set the tone; they cast the vision. Chief Business Officers (CBOs) also have a distinct role. They represent the conscience of the school; their voice is essential. Without it,...
Title IV Policies, Procedures and Disclosures Required of Participants
The purpose of this presentation is to remind institutions of the US, Department of Education’s (ED) requirements for implementing various Title IV policies, procedures, and disclosures to students. Each year a school must distribute to all enrolled students a notice...
Full-Time Faculty Requirements for Accreditation
As an accreditation consultant, I have several times been asked questions like, "What would it take for us to add ATS accreditation?" To answer that question, I often start with a discussion of full-time faculty requirements for accreditaton. While there is a great...
Why So Many College Students Abandon Their Faith
“I’m sending my kids to secular university. After all, they’ve grown up in a Christian home, they’ve been in church all of their life, and they’ve gone to a Christian school. They are better prepared than most church people, so why waste their time in Bible College?”...
Avoiding the Spiral: 7 Proven Alternatives to Hyper-Discounting
A recent article in Business Insider graphically shows how higher education has remained relatively affordable over the past few years, in marked contrast to what many in the media have led us to believe.[1.How much people pay for college hasn't changed as much as...
How to Get Your Thesis or Dissertation Published
Anybody who has written a thesis or dissertation as part of completing their degree has a strong interest in having that thesis or dissertation published. Doing so provides an essential credential and helps establish authority in the field of study while also...
