Posted on 12/21/2020 By Matt Hufman
Have you seen mental health issues grow on campus due to the pandemic? How are you responding or planning to respond?
Posted on 10/30/2020 By Jay Blossom
Read about a scenario planning webinar that Chronicle of Philanthropy produced, in partnership with the Monitor Institute by Deloitte, called “Planning & Decision Making in Uncertain Times.”
Posted on 9/18/2020 By Grace Pennington
COVID-19 has taken a toll physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. For some people, it’s leading to a sense of hopelessness.
Posted on 4/30/2020 By Jay Blossom
The Chronicle of Higher Education has been asking individual schools to submit their fall education plans, and the periodical is compiling a list indicating which schools are returning to face-to-face learning. As of the end of April, most schools on the list are planning to return to face-to-face learning in time for the fall semester, but some are delaying the decision until May or June.
Posted on 4/30/2020 By Jay Blossom
For employed academics — especially with those who have school-age children — working from home can be hard. Here are two items that came across my desk this week.
Posted on 4/30/2020 By Jay Blossom
The In Trust Center continues to collect resources that may be helpful to the administrators and boards of theological schools during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some that have come across our desks in recent weeks.
Posted on 4/28/2020 By Amy Kardash
As most institutional leaders have been dealing with immediate challenges — moving classes online and the complexities of transitioning staff, faculty, and students into new spaces — the focus has been on leading during a crisis. But how do you lead during a crisis and simultaneously lead out of one? A new post from the Harvard Business Review offers some guidelines and cautions.
Posted on 3/28/2020 By Jay Blossom
The staff of the In Trust Center has been collecting resources, and directories of resources, to help theological schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is a curated list of what we have discovered.
Posted on 3/20/2020 By Jay Blossom
A list of “Principles” written by Professor Brandon Bayne of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has begun circulating online over the last few weeks. The In Trust Center reached out directly to Professor Bayne for permission to share his principles more broadly. His “Principles,” though written for university students, can apply equally well to staff, faculty, and even boards of theological institutions.
Posted on 3/12/2020 By Jay Blossom
In light of the coronavirus outbreak, many seminaries, colleges, and universities have decided to switch from in-person classes to online instruction.
Here are some online resources that may be helpful.