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  • 1.  What's happening to the residential model of theological education?

    Orange Army
    Posted 10-25-2018 22:51
    Hi Chris,

    With the development of technologies to support distance education, residency remained the standard against which the quality of online education was measured. In the Standards of Accreditation educational standard 2, which is less than a half-page in length, describes campus-based education in which "faculty, students, administrative support services, and library and information resources" are in a common location. Campus-based education "provides in-person classroom teaching and learning and opportunities for corporate worship, informal interaction, and other activities that support or enhance students' educational experiences." Two sub-points briefly define residency and require schools to provide educational opportunities "that contribute to the intellectual, spiritual, personal, and professional formation necessary for religious leadership."   I know @Christopher Olsztyn and @George Miller has good content on the subject as well.   ​​#education​

    What's happening to the residential model of theological education?
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    What's happening to the residential model of theological education?
    For decades, theological educators have assumed a number of things about "residential" theological education and the formation that takes place when students and faculty meet regularly on campus.
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  • 2.  RE: What's happening to the residential model of theological education?
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    Orange Army
    Posted 10-26-2018 15:27
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    Hi Stephen,


    The Educational Models and Practices project survey of academic deans asked for percentages of students living on or adjacent to campus, those the deans considered "local commuters," and those who are "non-local commuters." The average of the percentages <g class="gr_ gr_49 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="49" data-gr-id="49">from</g> all respondents is revealing. Only 27% of students live on or adjacent to campus, and another 26% are non-local commuters. Nearly half were categorized as "local commuters." Each school should analyze its own student populations, but the overall picture is clear: nearly three-fourths of students across the Association are not ordinarily present on campus for the formation that can happen naturally through residency. A number of ATS schools invest substantial resources to provide residential theological education for their students. The educational models and practices project has formed 18 peer groups to study a variety of educational models and practices and has also grouped together schools of distinctive heritage or type. One group is a set of schools that emphasize residential theological education and focus their resources on providing robust forms of that model. Their students are predominately full-time, and many live on campus. Being a theological student is their vocation, and resources are provided so that they can fulfill that vocation with a minimum of distractions. Most don't accumulate debt-at least for tuition-and the great majority complete their degree programs in the time designed for the degree. 




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