Serene Jones: I did not anticipate how fast change would come
The president of Union Theological Seminary reflects on her six years in office and the rapid pace of change both in her institution and in the church as a whole.
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Earl Lewis: Universities need to ask critical questions about higher education
The head of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation says that universities need to think more broadly about how they engage communities, while also turning the lens of analysis on themselves.
Richard J. Mouw: Machiavelli and Christian leadership
The former president of Fuller Theological Seminary is no fan of Machiavelli. But he does wish for a 'seminary president's guidebook' that would match the scope and complexity of Machiavelli's writings on political leadership.
Why do seminaries matter?
If the Church can agree on the core purpose of a seminary education, a quality, affordable system can be created from available resources.
Richard J. Mouw: Leadership -- it's not only for administrators
The former president of Fuller Seminary says he wasn't "going into leadership" when he first became an administrator. With a friend's help, he realized he'd been leading for years as a teacher and scholar.
Nicole Baker Fulgham: Mobilizing people of faith to eliminate inequity in public education
Continuing inequities in our nation's public schools are a moral injustice that Christians are called to address, says the founder of The Expectations Project.
Students hard at work at St. James School, a faith-based Philadelphia middle school in the Episcopal tradition. Photos courtesy of Al Cassidy
School brings life to empty buildings
A decaying and empty Episcopal church complex became an asset to its poor Philadelphia neighborhood after church leaders saw its potential as a free school for needy children.
Emilie M. Townes: The church is being transformed
The dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School rejects the notion that the church is dying and sees the job of the divinity school as preparing students financially, spiritually and professionally to lead in a church that is changing.
The need for embodied learning for adults
Watching children form a living tableau to make art come alive raises the question: How willing are we to learn by placing ourselves in the middle of the action?
David Scobey: Let's do together what we can't do separately
Universities and religious institutions can work together to solve problems in their local communities, says a national leader on public engagement in higher education.