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Designed for CEOs, CAOs, faculty, CFOs, and chief development officers at ATS member schools, this webinar will feature highlights from a commissioned research paper on a recent economics history of higher education by P. Jesse Rine, higher education scholar and executive director of the Center for Academic Faithfulness & Flourishing, and Ronald P. Mahurin, senior consultant with Design Group International and former vice president for the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. Members of the Pathways Economic Practitioners Advisory Committee (EPAC)—consisting of ATS member school presidents and deans—will share their institutional stories of addressing challenges identified by Rine and Mahurin. Those planning to submit Pathways for Tomorrow proposals, in particular, may find this 75-minute webinar helpful.
Other discussion points will include:
View The Economics of Theological Education, a digital resource created to help ATS member schools as they engage in conversations, strategic planning, and project implementations that are both educationally effective and financially viable.
Supported by a generous grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. and presented to all ATS member schools by the ATS Pathways Coordination Program and ATS Research Department, this webinar will be recorded for distribution among registrants.
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Tony Blair is legacy president of Evangelical Seminary, a Pennsylvania institution that merged with four other theological schools in 2022 to become Kairos University, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He serves Kairos as an administrator and a faculty member; in which capacity he provides leadership to the university's four doctoral programs. He assists in the creation and support of institutional partnerships, locally in Pennsylvania, throughout North America, and around the world. Blair teaches and mentors in the field of Leadership Theology and serves bivocationally as one of two senior pastors of an innovative congregation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Deborah H. C. Gin joined the ATS staff in August 2014 as director of research and faculty development. In addition to launching the Association’s new research initiative and directing programs for faculty, she contributes to the ongoing dialogue about educational models that will have future viability and sustainability. Gin came to ATS from Azusa Pacific University, where she served as a senior faculty fellow in the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment and as associate professor of ministry at Azusa Pacific Seminary. She previously served as director of assessment analysis and education and as director of diversity studies at Azusa.
Gin's areas of research include pedagogy, higher education administration, multicultural education engagement, and diversity inclusivity. Prior to coming to ATS, she received a research grant to pursue Asian American faculty perspectives on the pursuit of administration in higher education and presented at an international conference on multicultural education in Seoul, Korea. Her articles have appeared in To Improve the Academy, Theological Education, and Multicultural Education Review. Chapters she has published include “Ruth: Identity and Leadership from Multivocal Spaces,” in Mirrored Reflections: Reframing Biblical Characters; “Loving My Neighbor,” in Strength to Be Holy; and “Asian American Ethnic/Racial Identity Development,” in Asian American Christianity: A Reader.
Gin is a regular blogger on leadership issues related to Asian American women, has been a frequent invited speaker on topics related to race, excellence, and inclusion, and is a member of the Association of American Colleges & Universities’ VALUE initiative Intercultural Competence rubric development team. She earned an MDiv from Haggard Graduate School of Theology, a master’s of music degree in vocal performance from the University of Southern California, and a PhD in higher education from Claremont Graduate University.
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P. Jesse Rine is founder and executive director of the Center for Academic Faithfulness & Flourishing (CAFF). An award-winning professor and nationally recognized expert on Christian higher education, he has served in faculty and administrative roles on three faith-based campuses: Grove City College, Duquesne University, and North Greenville University. He previously directed the research programs of two national higher education associations in Washington, DC, the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) and the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). Rine’s scholarship has been published in numerous edited volumes and academic journals, and he currently serves as editor-in-chief of Christian Higher Education: An International Journal of Research, Theory, and Practice. He holds a BA in Christian thought from Grove City College, an MAT in Latin from Washington University in St. Louis, and a PhD in higher education from the University of Virginia.
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David McAllister-Wilson assumed the office of president at Wesley Theological Seminary on July 1, 2002. This makes him one of the longest-serving presidents within The Association of Theological Schools. He has served the institution for nearly 40 years, beginning in Wesley's Development Office as a fundraiser, and later as executive vice president.
He has contributed many articles in various publications, including a chapter in Christian Reflections on the Leadership Challenge. His recent book (2018), A New Church and A New Seminary, is being used at a number of theological schools.
Most recently, he served as president of the Board of Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic, an association of colleges and universities engaged in service learning and civic engagement. Under his leadership, CCMA expanded to become one of the largest regional associations. David is also on the board of directors for Raising A Village Foundation, which provides high-quality intervention programs and community resources to children, youth, and families in the areas of education, health and wellness, and the arts. A member of the Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, McAllister-Wilson was ordained Deacon in 1988 and Elder in 1993.
McAllister-Wilson received a Bachelor of Arts in history from California State University. He earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Wesley Theological Seminary. With a strong interest and focus on leadership development, particularly in local congregations, he helped to establish the G. Douglass Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley. He regularly teaches leadership in the Doctor of Ministry program in its specialized tracks of Global Asian and Military Chaplains.
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David Vasquez-Levy serves as president of Pacific School of Religion. He is a committed pastor and a nationally recognized higher education and immigration leader. He serves as convener for the GTU Consortial Council, is co-founder and convener for the Latinx presidents and deans of ATS schools, and is a member of the executive leaders group of AshokaU campus network and the Asociacion para La Educacion Teologica Hispana. He also serves on the board of Church World Service and the Advisory Council for Encore.org. Vasquez-Levy regularly contributes a faith perspective to the national conversation on immigration, including speaking at a congressional briefing, participating in two immigration consultations with the Obama White House, and recently engaging in a series of public conversation with various state attorneys across the country to reframe the national conversation about immigration. He has consulted on several documentaries on immigration, labor, and human rights, and is the author of various publications that explore migration stories in sacred texts and in people's lives. He holds MDiv and DMin degrees from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, including studies at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.
Webinar Contact
Monica Laughery
Date & Time
Tue, Feb 11, 2025
, 1:00 p.m. ET —
Tue, Feb 11, 2025
, 2:15 p.m. ET
Location
Zoom