AUBURN STUDIES AND RESEARCH REPORTS

Primary reports of Auburn Center research are published in issues of Auburn Studies, the Center's occasional research bulletin. Auburn Center Background Reports present background essays and information prepared in the course of research projects.

STUDENT LOANS AND SEMINARY COSTS:

How to Keep from Mortgaging Your Future

AUBURN RESOURCES AND RESEARCH

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Fund-Raising Prospects For Theological Schools

by Sharon L. Miller, Anthony T. Ruger, Barbara G. Wheeler

August 2009

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REACHING OUT Auburn Seminary Launches the Center for the Study of Theological Education	LEAN YEARS, FAT YEARS Changes in the Financial Support of Protestant Education	MANNA FROM HEAVEN? Theological and Rabbinical Student Debt
TRUE AND FALSE The First in a Series of Reports from a Study of Theological School Faculty	TENDING TALENTS The Second in a Series of Reports from a Study of Theological School Faculty	MISSING CONNECTIONS Public Perceptions of Theological Education and Religious Leadership
THE BIG PICTURE Strategic Choices for Theological Schools	IS THERE A PROBLEM? Theological Students and Religious Leadership for the Future	IN WHOSE HANDS A Study of Theological School Trustees
SIGNS OF THE TIMES Present and Future Theological Faculty	SEEK AND FIND? Revenues in Theological Education	THE GATHERING STORM A study of the alarming levels of educational debt among theological students.
HOW ARE WE DOING? The Effectiveness of Theological Schools as Measured by the Vocations and Views of Graduates

AUBURN CENTER BACKGROUND REPORTS & RESOURCES

Making Connections: A Guide for Conducting Perception Studies. January 2002. A companion piece to "Missing Connections", a study by Auburn Theological Seminary.

The following background reports are not available online, but copies may be ordered for $5.00 from CSTE (cste@auburnsem.org).

• Report No. 1. "Denominational Funding Patterns in Protestant Theological Education," by Joseph P. O'Neill (1994).
• Report No. 2. "Models of Manageable Educational Debt Levels," by Louis H. Tietje (1995).
• Report No. 3. "Who Should Pay for a Theological or Rabbinical Education?," Theological essays reflecting on seminarian indebtedness (1995).
• Report No. 4. "Historical Perspectives on the Funding of Rabbinical and Theological Education," Joseph M. White on the history of Catholic education and Gary P. Zola on the history of rabbinical education (1995).
• Report No. 5. "An Analysis of Educational Debt Among Theological and Rabbinical Students," by Anthony Ruger (1995). A detailed research report on the study of seminarian indebtedness, including survey instruments.
• Report No. 6. "Sound Learning: A Short History of Seminary Faculties," by Glenn T. Miller (1997). The changing role of theological faculty in the United States. (Not available.)
• Report No. 7. "Treasure and Talent: Compensation of Theological School Faculty, 1987-1993," by Anthony Ruger (1997). A study of compensation in the USA.
• Report No. 8. "Hard to Find: Searching for Practical Faculty in the 1990s" January 2002.

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BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

BOOKS

• Being There: Culture and Formation in Two Theological Schools, by Jackson Carroll, Barbara G. Wheeler, Daniel O. Aleshire and Penny Long Marler. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
• Shifting Boundaries: Contextual Approaches to the Structure of Theological Education, edited by Barbara G. Wheeler and Edward Farley. Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991.

• "New Ground: The Foundations and Future of the Theological Education Debate," by David Kelsey and Barbara G. Wheeler. Theology and the Interhuman, ed. Robert R. Williams, Trinity Press International, 1995.
• "Theological Education," Lawrence W. Raphael, Katarina Schuth, and Barbara G. Wheeler. Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th Edition, edited by Marvin C. Alkin, Macmillan, 1992.

• American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
  "Critical Junctures: Theological Education Confronts Its Futures," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. May, 1993.
  
  
• Association of Theological Schools
  "Faculty Research, Publication, and Grant Support: Early Findings from the Auburn Faculty Study," by Barbara G. Wheeler. ATS Faculty Grants Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring, 1995.
  
  "Argument and Allies: The Yale Consultations and Recent Writings about Theological Education," by Barbara G. Wheeler. Theological Education, Vol. 21, No. 1, Autumn, 1994.
  
  "Auburn Seminary Establishes a Center for the Study of Theological Education," by Mark N. Wilhelm. Colloquy. January/February 1993, 9-11.
  
  "Thinking About Theological Education," by Barbara G. Wheeler and David Kelsey, Theological Education, Autumn, 1991.
  
  
• Christian Century
  "Faith and Learning: An Exchange," by Ronald C. White and Barbara G. Wheeler. The Christian Century. Vol 115, no. 18, June 17-24, 1998.
  
  "The Faculty Members of the Future: How Are They Being Shaped?" by Barbara G. Wheeler. The Christian Century. Vol. 115, no. 4, February 4-11, 1998.
  
  "Growth or Decline: A Look at Seminary Finances," by Anthony Ruger. The Christian Century. Vol. 112, no. 4 (February 1-8, 1995): 115-120.
  
  "Deeper in Debt: Are Seminary Students Borrowing Too Much?" by Anthony Ruger and Barbara G. Wheeler. The Christian Century. Vol. 111, no. 4 (February 2-9, 1994): 100-103.
  
  
• Christianity and Crisis
  "Studying Seminaries," by David Kelsey and Barbara G. Wheeler. Christianity and Crisis. April 13, 1992.
  
  
• In Trust
  "Balance Sheet: Managing Student Debt Load," In Trust. Autumn 1995, 19-21.
  
  "Snapshots at Two Schools: How Seminary Culture Shapes the Student's Learning," with Jackson Carroll, Daniel O. Aleshire and Penny Long Marler. In Trust. Autumn 1998, 13-17.
  
  
• Religious Research Association
  The 1995 H. Paul Douglass Lecture, "You Who Were Far Off: Religious Divisions and The Role of Religious Research," Review of Religious Research, June 1996.
  
  
• Religious Studies News
  "Survey Provides Data on the Views of Doctoral Students," Religious Studies News. Vol. 13, no 4 (November 1998): 16-17.
  
  "Survey of Doctoral Students Provides Data on Religious Background and Academic Choices," Religious Studies News. Vol. 13, no. 3, (September 1998):
  
  "New Study Profiles Doctoral Candidates in Religion and Theology: Data Shows Average Age is 37" Religious Studies News. Vol. 10, no. 3, (September, 1995):