Meeting the standards
Accreditation process provides leverage to excellence
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Summer 1999
17 Articles
Feature Articles
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Meeting the standards
Accreditation process provides leverage to excellence
In this article, Melinda R. Heppe tells about three schools and their different experiences to give a picture of what the accreditation process can mean to an institution. Logos Evangelical Seminary, a ten-year-old school in California, made good use of its self-study exercise to set necessary procedures in place. Hood Theological Seminary in North Carolina,…
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Questing for excellence
A look back at 24 years of presidency, a conversation with Vincent de P. Cushing
During his time in office Vincent Cushing saw his school pass from being a hastily organized merger of separate traditions into becoming an institution. Where is your school on that continuum? And if it is an institution, does it retain the flexibility to reinvent itself if need be?
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Through a glass, darkly
Costs and benefits of asking hard questions on the board
A long-time board consultant and board member raises the issue of when and why to ask hard questions in the boardroom. Some questions are essential, some are problematic, and some can best be handled in a different context. Have you ever wondered why certain things are done the way they are at your school, or…
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Fund raisers’ role, information source
Mary Ann Shealy discusses the need for seminary development officers to involve themselves in seminary life; Jacob Birch comments that he depends on In Trust to demystify aspects of academia and provide a window into the world of theological education.
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Liability protection for governing boards
Is directors and officers insurance necessary?
An insurance broker answers questions about directors and officers insurance. How is your school protected? How comprehensive are its policies? A timely review of them may save money in the future.
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Reflections of three seminary presidents
A varied sampler from recently published books
The public role of leaders in theological education includes teaching via the written word. These excerpts have been abridged from three recent books by seminary presidents—J. Nelson Kraybill, Carnegie Samuel Calian, and Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite. They come from a variety of perspectives and are aimed at differing audiences, but all nudge the reader toward wholeness.
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Accreditation reviews pass Holy Cross
Bylaw changes clarify board and ecclesial roles
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology hangs on to its accreditation after the president and three professors are ousted, but the ATS leaves it some some sharp questions to reflect on. Also 1999 Luce and Lilly theology fellows are named, and a number of new school heads take office.
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Trust in Institutions
A review of<i> Trustworthy Government: Leadership and Management Strategies for Building</i>
Title: Trustworthy Government: Leadership and Management Strategies for Building Author: David G. Carnevale Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Teamwork Revisited
A review of <i>Redesigning Collegiate Leadership: Teams and Teamwork in Higher Education</i>
Title: Redesigning Collegiate Leadership: Teams and Teamwork in Higher Education Authors: Estela Mara Bensimon and Anna Neumann Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Complexities of PDSs
A review of <i>Making Professional Development Schools Work: Politics, Practice, and Policy </i>
Title: Making Professional Development Schools Work: Politics, Practice, and Policy Authors: Marsha Levine and Roberta Trachtman Publisher: Teachers College Press
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Working relationships
A review of <i>Governing Universities: Changing the Culture?</i>
Title: Governing Universities: Changing the Culture? Authors: Catherine Bargh, Peter Scott, and David Smith Publisher: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press
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Pilgrim’s progress
A review of <i>For the Time Being</i>
Title: For the Time Being Author: Annie Dillard Publisher: Knopf
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Marketability as the measure of knowledge
Modern universities adapt to capitalist freebooting
Title: Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies, and the Entrepreneurial University Authors: Sheila Slaughter and Larry L. Leslie Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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