How to Develop Useful Alumni Associations at Christian Colleges (Part 1):
Steps and Resources for Hosting a Successful Class Reunion
At small Christian colleges, we are not simply providing a few years of education. We are beginning a lifelong relationship with our students so that when they graduate, we will continue to make our alumni more effective in their careers and ministries.
3 Action Steps to Equip College Millennials with a Biblical Worldview, Since 98% Don’t Have One
A 2021 Barna research report reveals that 49 out of 50 college-age young adults will run this nation in 20 years with no biblical perspective on life, if they don’t change their foundational worldview thinking before then.
Solutions to Destructive Leadership Behavior on the Christian College Campus (Part 2):
Confronting Destructive Behavior
In part one of this series, I introduced the problem of destructive behavior by campus leaders. This second part provides the strategy for biblical solutions and best practices. Without a strategy to defuse damaging behavior, you are left to panic and hide or deal...
The Left at Christian Universities: Revisiting the Evangelical Mind
Christian universities who want to be diverse have too often selected representatives for diversity who are from the Left. What role does cultural, religious, and moral diversity play at conservative Christian evangelical colleges? At the Carnegie Foundation, an...
Wheaton College Partners with the CCCU to Launch Evangelism Commission
The Wheaton College Billy Graham Center will launch an Evangelism commission, which will share best practices for preparing students to share their faith.
Don’t Give Up When Enrollment Declines!
The enrollment challenges facing colleges and universities are clear. Higher education in the United States is facing extraordinary obstacles and hundreds of institutions are struggling to just maintain current enrollment levels. Even more are facing significant...
The Key Role Software Plays in Schools
From admissions to marketing, find out how an investment in software can improve your processes and save you time.
Ex-Cons, Ex-Druggies, Tattoos, and Christian Education: Introducing You to Untraditional, Non-Traditional Education
“This is the money shot,” I said, teaching on a theological point. Nineteen sets of eyes dramatically scanned each other before several shouted out in near unison some version of, “No, no, no; you can’t say that!” Welcome to the world of Pastors’ School, Set Free...
Reimagining Recruiting During COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has confronted higher education institutions worldwide with uncertainty, financial woes, disruption of plans, and widespread despair. In the United States and elsewhere, it has intensified a trend of declining enrolment that threatens the...
8 Effective Ways to Prepare for Post-Pandemic Enrollment
The impact of the pandemic on higher education has been significant and far-reaching. Christian colleges, universities and schools have been hit particularly hard as many lack robust endowments and the large enrollments necessary to weather the COVID-19 storm. New...
5 Engaging Methods to Market Your Faculty
How can a Christian college raise its profile, cultivate donors, and cause more prospective students to consider that school? Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University (John Hopkins University Press, 2019), challenges...
Solutions to Destructive Leadership Behavior on the Christian Campus (Part 1)
Multiple visits in the mid-1990s to once-beautiful Beirut, Lebanon revealed a war-torn city known as the Paris of the Middle East. Eight Lebanese factions at war with each other transformed the country, and Beirut in particular, into a scar-ridden nation. Led by the...
Where are the “Gotchas”? 10 HEERF Considerations to Be on the Lookout For
The three Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds, commonly referred to as HEERF I, II, and III, have provided necessary financial relief to higher education institutions struggling with the economic burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, each round of...
When and How to Apply to Begin Offering Federal Student Financial Aid
Beware of Doing This Without Help I used to attend monthly meetings of The Dean’s Roundtable, a meeting of academic deans of universities in Southern California. You would be familiar with several of the schools represented there....
5 Benefits to Providing Study Abroad Programs
While many study abroad programs were undoubtedly canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resuming these opportunities when it is safe to do so should be a high priority in higher education. Participation in these programs has grown steadily over the past...
Revolutionizing Our Assessment Processes to Match Our Assessment Realities
As assessment professionals we are challenged to be critical, analytical, creative, and realistic about what we either do or do not know, and to mine data to support our epistemic limitations. When assessment is done well, it transforms data into information into...
If the Senate Passes the Equality Act . . .
On February 25, 2021, Congress again passed an attempt to legislate immoral morality, the “Equality Act.” One wonders, is this act from Animal Farm or the funny farm. It would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” as...
Adapting to the Times: Suggestions for “Going Online”
COVID-19 has brought about myriad challenges in higher education. Regrettably, some institutions have even capsized. However, others have proven resilient, sailing into the winds of the difficult storms of the year. One significant challenge concerns the business of...
