Higher education

‘What do students want?’

An interfaith space at Virginia Commonwealth University uses asset-based community development to focus on the strengths and interests of the students who walk through its doors rather than telling them what they need.

By Edie Gross Journalist

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Daniel J. Bernardo: Interim leaders aren’t just placeholders

Too often, interim leaders are expected to tread water while an institution searches for a replacement. That’s an important opportunity lost, both for the person and for the organization, says the author of a book on interim leadership in higher education.

A campus ministry thrives in the pandemic by appealing to young people and planting house churches

In a student ministry at the University of Mary Washington, two pastors have overseen the birth of several house churches by relying on the power of creativity and connection.

By Edie Gross Journalist

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A campus ministry opens a pay-as-you-can deli just as the pandemic hits

When the students at the Baptist Student Ministry in the Rio Grande Valley opened a deli near campus, they knew it was innovative. What they didn’t know was that their restaurant would become a vital source of meals for people in need.

By Elizabeth Le'anani Coffee Community engagement facilitator, H.E. Butt Foundation

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Dominique A. Robinson: How I reach college students as a womanist millennial preacher

The inaugural dean of chapel at Wiley College blends traditional faith practices with a fresh approach in order to inspire and teach undergraduates at the HBCU.

Christian parents must allow their children the freedom to develop their own identities

A parent’s desire to guarantee a child’s success prevents the child’s own development -- and is not the way God parents us, says a theologian and mother.

By Grace Ji-Sun Kim Professor, Earlham School of Religion

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It's not the church's job to decide who belongs

When churches hold onto anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs, there are real people whose sacred stories and journeys are being forgotten, writes a college chaplain and author.

By Arionne Yvette Williams Associate Chaplain, University of Indianapolis

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Matt Croasmun: It's time to ask more from theologians

Theology must return to answering the big questions of flourishing and the meaning of a good life, says a scholar and pastor.

Karen A. Longman: The world needs what women bring

Developing women leaders takes more than teaching women skills to lead like men -- it requires a new understanding of leadership that “writes women in,” says a scholar of women’s leadership in Christian higher education.

A campus ministry on the U.S.-Mexico border trains young Christians to lead

Life on the border is difficult. But the Baptist Student Ministry of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is working to help young adults who live there leverage their own strength and resilience to step out as leaders of the Valley and the nation.

By Patton Dodd Journalist

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Neichelle Guidry: Leading the vocational journey through the lens of sisterhood

The Dean of Chapel at Spelman College talks about her vocation -- helping form Black millennial women in ministry and faith.