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Credit for what you know and do, not for time in class

The rise of competency-based education

By Charla Long

For competency-based education to work, you need rigorous assessment and a clear understanding of what "mastery" looks like. Seminaries are beginning to try it.

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The view from Holy Hill

The Graduate Theological Union's multiple centers of learning give it the resources to face an interfaith future

By Karen Stiller

A complex structure makes the GTU hard to steer, but the consortium has embraced a future that will require Christians and non-Christians to learn and work together.

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Hybrid courses, real community

By David E. Sumner

Central Baptist Theological Seminary has transformed its M.Div. curriculum, anchoring both content and delivery in the student's own context.

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The ones who got away

By Barbara Wheeler

Results of a small research project on people who considered seminary but ultimately chose other paths.

From the publisher

Our common core

By Jay Blossom

For at least 25 years, seminary leaders have been grappling with big questions about the goals of theological education and how to accomplish them, says In Trust publisher Jay Blossom. And there are more changes on the horizon.

Life in the spirit

Incarnation and institutions

By Theodore J. Wardlaw

Institutions are suspect in these times, but they are the means by which people can become Christ's hands and feet in a needy world.

Technology

Bible software as an aid for teaching and research

By Andrew Peterson

Bible software packages can be expensive, but they provide much more than just a searchable text of the Scripture.

Tool box

What are the best practices for board minutes?

By Signe C. Bell

Accurate minutes are a cornerstone of institutional memory, so it's important that they be consistent and timely – and filled with just enough detail.

Focus on governance

Strong boards, strong schools

By Rebekah Burch Basinger

The strength of an institution depends on the strength of its board – and that means effective recruiting, thorough orientation, solid agendas, and rigorous self-assessment.

Books

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only

By Jay Mansur

A review of The Fundraiser's Measuring Stick: Sizing Up the Attributes Board Members, Volunteers, and Staff Must Cultivate to Secure Major Gifts by Jerold Panas.

Viewpoint

Called to the classroom

By Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt

In the midst of much change, the needs of the church remain largely the same: Clergy who can witness to their own experience of God, who live lives of virtue and character, and who can preach convincingly and shepherd their flocks effectively.

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