This is the March 2019 Biblical Higher Education Collaborative Chat hosted by Dr. T. Scott Womble. This month we spoke with Don Sanders, Pastor of Staff Development at Harvester Christian Church in St. Louis, MO. Don is also the Director of the Merold Institute at Harvester. 

Don spoke about the cohort model, biblical foundations for educational practice, and trends in training lay leaders.

Hosted by Dr. T. Scott Womble, Vice President of Academics @ St. Louis Christian College.

In February 2019, I spoke with Dr. Vickie Cook, Executive Director of Online Learning, Research, and Service @ the University of Illinois Springfield. Dr. Cook is also the Research Associate Professor in Educational Leadership.

Topics: 00:00-21:45 - Gen Z and heutagogy 21:45-25:50 - changes in online learning 25:50-30:00 - forming external partnerships

This is the Biblical Higher Education Collaborative's monthly chat. In December 2018 we spoke with Dr. Lisa Beatty, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Emmaus Bible College. Dr. Beatty spoke about the following topics:

00:00-11:50 - The 2015 Barna Group study commissioned by ABHE. Dr. Beatty gave response to Barna's big takeaway of "career, career, career."

11:50-21:10 - Collaborative agreements of Emmaus (e.g., dual enrollment, 3+1, more)

21:10-43:45 - Faculty issues surrounding involvement, development, assessment, curricular mapping, and supervision of service programs

This is the November 2018 BHE Collaborative Chat with Dr. Jeromey Martini, President of Horizon College & Seminary. Dr. Martini discusses Horizon's collaborative agreements (00:00-7:25) and competency-based education (7:25-30:00). The host is Dr. T. Scott Womble, VP of Academics at St. Louis Christian College.

Dr. Daniel Overdorf, Dean of the School of Congregational Ministry and Professor of Pastoral Ministries at Johnson University discusses:

Residency and Internship (00:00-12:30)

Adult and Online Learners (12:30-20:50)

What Attracts Students (20:50-22:00)

Dr. Overdorf's published books (22:00-28:00)

This is Season 1, Episode 2 of the BHE Collaborative Chats. September 2018 featured Dr. Gary Munson, Chief Academic Officer at SUM Bible College & Theological Seminary.

Segment Breakdown:

Cohort Model 0:00-8:10

Financial Affordability 8:10-10:10

Niche in Market 10:10-11:10

Virtual Classrooms 11:10-14:10

Graduate Programs 14:10-18:30

This is the monthly Biblical Higher Education Collaborative chat. We can be found at bhecollaborative.org.

We spoke with Dr. Paul Alexander, the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Hope International University. Dr. Alexander talked about retention, online courses, assessment, what Hope does well to attract students, and collorative efforts.

Retention 0:00-6:30

Online Courses 6:30-8:45

Assessment 8:45-13:45

Attracting Students 13:45-15:50

Collaboration 15:50-19:00