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VISIONING BIBLICAL HIGHER EDUCATION’S NEXT PHASE

Presenter: Tim Detwiler | Academic Dean, Kuyper College (MI)
Overview: Higher education is facing significant change (i.e. organizational structures, modality delivery, generational shifts in faculty, social pressures, and different student interests).  How can you “put the pieces together” and still maintain institutional identity? 

• Differentiate between MEANS and ENDS of biblical higher education
• Understand the trends of change
• Learn the value of a strategic plan to map through change
• Steward a co-creating of the future

RECRUITING, HIRING, AND DEVELOPING MISSION-FIT FACULTY

Presenter: Jena Dunn | Provost, Stark College & Seminary (TX)
Overview: Identifying, onboarding, and growing faculty are at the core of academic leadership. While credentials are important, they are only one piece in the overall consideration of hiring mission-fit faculty.

• Learn how to develop a process that guides towards a successful faculty hire
• Discover how to measure “mission fit”
• Understand the importance of a faculty development plan 

SHARPENING YOUR HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCIAL IQ

Presenter: Evan Posey | Executive Vice President & Provost, Luther Rice College & Seminary (GA)
Overview: Have you ever felt as though everyone around you assumes you know how to read a financial statement, but you are too afraid to ask a question that may reveal your limited financial IQ?  

• Learn the basics of organizational budgeting and how to read an audit
• Identify the differences among various fund categories 
• Understand how deferred maintenance line items work

ALIGNING DELIVERY METHODOLOGY WITH CURRICULAR OFFERING

Presenter: Andy Miller | Vice President of Academic Affairs, Wesley Biblical Seminary (MS)
Overview: Post pandemic, delivery methodologies have expanded — face to face, asynchronous, synchronous, poly-synchronous and everything in-between! With so many options, it’s important to take a step back and ensure that the student need and curricular offerings are driving delivery.

• Learn the strengths and weaknesses of the various delivery methodologies
• Discover how to intentionally align curricular offering with delivery

KEYS TO BUILDING AN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP TEAM

Presenter: Meghan Griffin | Provost, Southeastern University (FL)
Overview: The academic enterprise is typically led by an academic leadership team consisting of academic and administrative leaders. Building a successful leadership team takes hard work and intentionality. 

• Discover the importance of defining your leadership culture
• Identify the personal, professional, and leadership skills that are most critical to a high-functioning team
• Learn how to cultivate an environment of transparency and mutual growth

COMPETENCY-BASED THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION — WHAT KEEPS YOU FROM JUMPING IN?

Presenter: Ruth McGillivray | Chief Operating Officer, Northwest Seminary & College (BC)
Overview: CBTE is over 10 years old, and while the idea of outcomes-focused education resonates with many, there’s still a mystique surrounding it. Misconception fuels caution, yet schools that have made the switch are experiencing enrollment growth and improved mission fulfillment. 

• Learn the basics of CBTE
• Understand the structures needed to deliver and support CBTE programs
• Compare successful models functioning today
• Discover common roadblocks to successfully implementing CBTE

CONNECTING MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z WITH GOD

Presenters: Daniel Ryan Day & Brenna Holsclaw | Our Daily Bread (MI)
Overview: Reclaim Today, a new initiative from Our Daily Bread Publishing, is designed to connect people in their 20s and 30s with God in the ordinary, extraordinary, and everyday moments of life. Join us as we brainstorm how ABHE may partner with Reclaim Today:

• Discover the mission, vision, and strategy of Reclaim Today
• Contribute to a conversation on what partnership between ABHE and Reclaim Today may look like

LEADING THROUGH CHANGE AND CONFLICT

Presenter: Dwight Perry | Senior Vice President, Provost, and Dean of Education, Moody Bible Institute (IL)
Overview: All leaders manage change and conflict. Effective leaders know how to work through change and conflict without losing personal and organizational balance.

• Learn how to accept change and conflict as normative realities of leadership
• Identify strategies to ensure you don’t lose personal or organizational balance while managing change and conflict
• Discover the value of engaging your leadership team in managing change and resolving conflict

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