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Perspective
Giving as a response to God's call
Autumn 2010 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
The board's role in cultivating generosity.
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Focus on governance
Maximizing the power of board policies
Spring 2010 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Are policies creating a too-rigid environment that wastes the talents of your board? Or is your board using policy-making as a tool to help them do their best work?
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Shared governance
The standard in academic governance
New Year 2010 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Shared governance doesn't mean a standoff among competing factions—it's a way for the board, president, and faculty to use their distinct roles, listen to others, and make decisions that work.
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Focus on governance
Anchoring loose cannons and other strategies for peaceful governance
Autumn 2009 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
In the New Year 2009 issue of In Trust, Rebekah Burch Basinger wrote about the importance of tackling troublesome trustee behavior. Here she focuses on behavior between meetings.
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More of the same good things
Board leadership for rainy days or sunny skies
Spring 2009 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
In Trust Governance Mentor Rebekah Basinger describes the framework of exemplary performance that boards should follow in both bad times and good.
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Focus on governance
Nipping trouble in the bud: When board members behave badly
New Year 2009 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Dealing with bad board behavior may not be easy, but it's best to recognize problems and intervene early.
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Focus on governance
Where policy is good governance
Summer 2008 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Benefits of (and cautions about) the Carver model.
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The board's role in fundraising
Autumn 2007 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
In Trust's program director, Rebekah Burch Basinger, explains how a board can add value to the theological school's development program at every stage.
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Tool box
Reading between the numbers
Autumn 2007 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Making the best use of your strategic indicators.
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Fully on board
The board's responsibility for self-assessment, part II
Summer 2006 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Boards that evaluate their own performance can expect real benefits that will help both board and school.
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Fully on board
After thank you and good-bye
Summer 2006 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Wise boards nurture their relationships with retired board members and continue to draw on their wisdom.
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Toolbox: The board's responsibility for self-assessment, part I
Spring 2006 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Rebekah Burch Basinger, In Trust's director of program development, parses the ATS standard requiring boards to hold themselves accountable for their own performance.
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Toolbox: Pulling Together on Behalf of the School
The Academic Affairs Committee Balances Prerogatives, Maintains Mission
Spring 2005 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Members of academic affairs committees can use dashboard indicators to educate other board members about critical issues. Also, leaders at Ecumenical Theological Seminary discovered that their board needed to be strengthened.
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The Power of Peer Learning
Summary Report from an Eight-School Study
New Year 2005 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger, Gary Hoag
Highlights from a study of advancement programs at eight evangelical seminaries provide useful information for other schools as well.
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Capitalizing on Our Differences
Autumn 2004 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Effective shared governance in theological schools requires that the work load be distributed, the decision making be cooperative, and the unique gifts brought by the board, administration, and faculty be recognized and encouraged.
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Starting, If Not from Scratch
A College Provides a Solid Start for a Seminary
Autumn 2004 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger, Melinda R. Heppe
Roberts Wesleyan College provides a home, a faculty, and a board for a new seminary in western New York State.
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Think of Us in This Way
As Servants of Christ and Stewards of God’s Mysteries
Spring 2004 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
What began as a response to shifting patterns in denominational funding has become an exciting partnership in mission between the board of directors and the foundation trustees at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota).
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Balance Sheet: Alumni Support: It’s Not Just the Money
New Year 2001 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
One way in which a school can measure its success is by the support of its alumni—a support that is often counted in dollars and cents although it may be much more. Is this kind of stewardship important to your school? Should it be?
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An Empty Abundance
The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty
Summer 2000 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
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Filling the Room at the Top
What It Takes to Conduct a Successful Presidential Search
New Year 2000 Table of Contents
by Rebekah Burch Basinger
Filling a vacancy in a seminary’s top administrative slot is a task most boards approach with fear and trembling—and rightly so. This is a decision that, for good or ill, can be expected to have long-term and far-reaching implications, and, in this uncertain world, the need to make that decision can occur unexpectedly. Rebekah Burch Basinger offers some experiences and suggestions that can help board members be ready in the event of need.
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