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The importance of clearly stated expectations
A formal statement of expectations can help ground newcomers and veterans in your school’s mission.
Some straightforward suggestions can help a board move beyond power struggles toward cohesiveness.
Seven helpful suggestions to ensure that a board is learning and growing.
Board members come with a variety of skills and experiences, but it can be a challenge to activate the networks they bring to their boards.
An apologetic for board assessment
Boards that evaluate their own performance can expect real benefits that will help both board and school.
The challenge of holding on to the hearts and attention of former board members
Wise boards nurture their relationships with retired board members and continue to draw on their wisdom.
Christa R. Klein remembers Jaroslav Pelikan, a scholar and seminary trustee whose greatness in death lay not in his scholarly legacy but in the full witness of his faith.
Contributing editor Melinda Heppe draws a connection between laughter and truth.
A grateful president reflects on the blessing of a board chair with a pastoral perspective
Leah Gaskin Fitchue, president of Payne Theological Seminary, reflects on the blessing of a board chair with a pastoral perspective.
John E. Phelan, president of North Park Theological Seminary, suggests that the culture of assessment should be tempered by grace.
Technology columnist Mark Sullivan argues that without an e-newsletter to promote them, seminary Web sites are under quarantine.
Two seminaries fight zoning regulations. New York seminary plans to heat and cool using groundwater. Seminaries acquire new campuses. New resources for theological school presidents. Also, new leaders in theological education.
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