Fully on board
The importance of clearly stated expectations
Issue
Summer 2006
12 Articles
Feature Articles
Articles
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Fully on board
The importance of clearly stated expectations
A formal statement of expectations can help ground newcomers and veterans in your school’s mission.
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Creating a hospitable board culture
Some straightforward suggestions can help a board move beyond power struggles toward cohesiveness.
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Designing an appropriate learning agenda for the board
Seven helpful suggestions to ensure that a board is learning and growing.
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Mapping board member connections
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.
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The board’s responsibility for self-assessment, part II
An apologetic for board assessment
Boards that evaluate their own performance can expect real benefits that will help both board and school.
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After thank you and good-bye
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.
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Wing on wing
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.
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The gift of laughter
Contributing editor Melinda Heppe draws a connection between laughter and truth.
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Serving well pastorally
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.
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Grace and assessment
John E. Phelan, president of North Park Theological Seminary, suggests that the culture of assessment should be tempered by grace.
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Changing scenes: Evangelical university buys campus from Catholic sisters
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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