The Crisis in Higher Education and the Value of HJI
Higher Education in the West is Facing Multiple Challenges
• Declining birthrates translate into declining enrollments
• High debt and low return on investment afflicts many graduates
• Many universities seem resistant to dissent and free expression, while committed to progressive advocacy
• Mandates from state agencies overwhelm small institutions
• Administrative expansion had led to risings costs
• An enormous “wealth gap” between elite schools with enormous endowments and state funding, on the one hand, and small faith-based schools, on the other hand, grows wider
• A growing preference for on-line education which impacts the residential model for undergraduate and/or graduate education
The Crisis in Higher Education and the Value of HJI
To Address the Challenges, Higher Education is Adapting and New Trends are Emerging
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Downsizings and Closures [In USA, 54 colleges closed since 2020]
• Integration of and/or outsourcing of functions
• Increase of:
⚬ Online Distance Learning
⚬ Microcredential Certificate Programs
⚬ Career-focused programs
⚬ Schedule Flexible Programs
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The Development of Academic Institutions [in the West]
Ancient Greece
• Thales and the School of Miletus
• Pre-Socratics and Sophist Schools
• Socratic Dialogue: “the unexamined life is not worth living”
Plato’s Academy
• Aristotle’s Lyceum/Peripatetic School
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The Evolution of Academic Institutions [in the West]
• Ancient Judaism
• Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, in Sura
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The Evolution of Academic Institutions [in the West]
• Middle Ages
• Monastic Schools
• Medical School in Salerno, 9ᵗʰ Century
• University in Bologna, 11ᵗʰ Century
• University of Paris [with colleges], 12ᵗʰ Century
• Oxford [with colleges], 12ᵗʰ Century
• Dominican University of Salamanca [Spain], 12ᵗʰ Century
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Peter House Cambridge 1228
The Evolution of Academic Institutions [in the West]
Middle Ages: 13ᵗʰ - 15ᵗʰ
Centuries
Cambridge 1209, Aix-en-Provence 1409, Padua 1222, Rome 1303, Florence 1321, Vienna 1365, Heidelberg, 1386, Leipzig 1409, Freiburg 1457, Tubingen 1477, Louvain 1425, St. Andrews 1411, Glasgow 1451
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The Evolution of Academic Institutions: The Americas
University of Santo Domingo 1538
University of Michoacan in Mexico 1539
Harvard 1636
William and Mary 1693
Yale 1701
Princeton, 1736
King’s College/Columbia 1754
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The Evolution of Academic Institutions: Russia and Asia [responding to Western modernization]
Universities of Moscow and St. Petersburg (1819)
Universities of Tokyo (1877) and Kyōto (1897)
Beijing University (1898)
Hindu University (1916)
Rabindranath Tagore’s Visva-Bharati (1921)
The Crisis in Higher Education and the Need for HJI Transformational Leaders
• Augustine: student of rhetoric, and studied in Milan with Jerome
• Thomas Aquinas: University of Paris; Dominican Order
• Martin Luther: University of Erfurt and Wittenburg; Augustinian Order
• Jean Calvin: University of Paris
• William Tyndale, Oxford University
• Bartolomeo de Las Casas: University of Salamanca
• Francis Xavier, Philosophy MA, University of Paris
• Mateo Ricci: Classics in Macerata, Law in Rome
• Isaac Newton, Cambridge University, Trinity College
• Immanuel Kant: University of Konigsberg
• Mahatma Gandhi: University College London; Law
• Martin Luther King: Boston University
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Niche Schools in America
• St. John’s College: great books program [New Mexico]
• Naropa College: Buddhist principles and practices [Colorado]
• Cornell College: [Iowa] Eight one-course-at-a-time terms
• Hamshire College: [Massachusetts] You can major in anything.
• Berea College: full scholarships; each student has work responsibilities [Kentucky]
• Hillsdale College: [Michigan] faith-based, and conservative contrarian to higher ed status quo
• Coursera: on-line courses
The Crisis in Higher Education and the Need for HJI Seminaries Face Challenges
• Evidence of trend in “dechurching”: fewer churches = less conations = diminished need for seminaries, or “repurposing” of seminaries
• Declining enrollments: 3% in 2022
• Decline of MDiv enrollments in favor of MA Degree offerings
• Growing preference for on-line education, though there is continued appreciation for the residential model.
• Hybrid models increase
• Strategic plans include consideration of mergers, integration, shared space, selling of assets deemed non-essential to mission
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Seminaries in Trouble: Adaptations Such as Closures, Cutbacks, Relocations
• Gordon Conwell [sold 100 acre main campus]
• Louisville Presbyterian [sold 50% of its campus]
• General Theological Seminary [merged with Virginia Theological Seminary
• New York Theological Seminary [closed]
• Fuller Theological Seminary: Consolidated Faculty and Programs; Closed 8 satellite campuses
• Trinity Evangelical Div School: Downsized
• Moody Bible: closed Spokane campus and downsizes faculty
• Claremont School of Theology: Selling properties
• Lincoln Christian University: Selling Assets
• Andover Newton: Downsized
• McCormick Theological Seminary: enrollment at 200, with 50 full-time and 150 part-time and 90 FTE; shares space with Lutheran School of Theology and Catholic Theological Union.
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MA Niche Markets at Seminaries/Divinity Schools
• Aging and Spirituality at Asbury Theological Seminary
• Apologetics & Cosmogony at Regent University School of Divinity
• Biblical Exegesis and Linguistics at Dallas Theological Seminary
• Black Church Studies at Ashland Theological Seminary
• Cultural Engagement at Denver Seminary
• Deaconess Studies at the two Concordias (Indiana and Missouri)
• Islamic Studies or Near Eastern Archaeology at both Southern and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminaries
• Nonprofit Leadership for Social Justice at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary of Cornerstone University
• Online Ministry at Regent
• Sports Chaplaincy at Liberty University’s John W. Rawlings School of Divinity
• Theology and Peace Studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at Moody
• Urban Ministry at Grand Canyon Theological Seminary at Grand Canyon University.
• Five schools offer M.A.s in Church Planting, while six offer degrees in Spiritual Formation.
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HJI Going Forward: A New Name
• Fits Well with the Founders’ Expansive Vision, Values and Understanding of Ministry
• Fits Well with the Broad Vision and Mission of FFWPU and its Affiliated Organizations
• Opens Up Potential Markets While Maintaining “Classical” Emphasis of Faith-Based Education, Spiritual Formation with Applicability to a Wide Range of Missions, Careers and Leadership Roles
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HJI Going Forward: Offering an Outstanding Student Learning Experience Guided by Ideals of Peace and Public Leadership
Peace: creating a world that manifests values of mutual respect, harmony, and cooperation, a world in which the whole human family lives as one family under God
Public Leadership: providing an educational experience that opens a pathway for emerging leaders who are guided by the ideal of living for the sake of others, and who go on to serve in wide diversity of ministries and careers, that, in addition to religion, may include civil society, government, business, the media and communications, arts and culture
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HJI Going Forward: Serving FFWPU in America and the World
• Partnerships: While maintaining its tradition and its autonomy as an academic institutions, HJI, will deepen its partnership with FFWPU USA, and its affiliated organizations. Together we will explore emerging opportunities for mutually beneficial collaboration, aimed at educating women and men who will emerge as high-capacity leaders in various areas of responsibility, in America and across the world, that benefit the wider mission of FFWPU. This partnership will explore such areas as:
⚬ Strengthening lines of communication between HJI Trustees, Faculty and Staff, on the one hand, and the core leaders of FFWPU USA and Affiliated Organizations, such as UPF, WFWP, YSP
⚬ Collaborating in marketing the benefits of an HJI education
⚬ Setting realistic and steady enrollment roals
⚬ Identifying priorities and leadership needs of FFWPU and its Affiliated Organizations
⚬ Finding efficiencies that result in cost-savings
⚬ Discovering opportunities for financial growth
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HJI Going Forward: Curriculum that
Provides Value to FFWPU
• Divinity Studies and Religious Studies
⚬ Founders’ Vision in Depth
⚬ Divine Principle In Depth
⚬ Relevance and Impact of Religion on All Sectors of Society and the World
⚬ Expanded view of ministry
• Peace Studies
⚬ Conflict Transformation
⚬ UN Studies
⚬ Human Rights and Law
• Professional Studies
⚬ Administration and Management Skills
⚬ Leadership for Successful Church Management and Growth
⚬ Capacity Building for Relationship Success
⚬ Communications
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HJI
HJI Going Forward: Offering Excellence in On-Line and In-Person Education
• Maintaining Tradition: Offering a Classical Faith-Based Unificationist Education
• Developing Peace Studies
• Exploring New Opportunities: Professional Studies
⚬ Clinical Pastoral Education
⚬ Counseling
⚬ Church and NGO Management
⚬ Certification Programs related to Peace Studies
⚬ Encounter with religions: interfaith dialogue, ecumenical dialogue, intrafaith dialogue
⚬ Encounter with secular ideologies
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HJI Going Forward Developing HJI’s Enrollment Strategy
• Establish the right FTE balance based on factors such as
⚬ How do we best assure student success
⚬ What is the right fit for our comprehensive budget plan
⚬ What is the right fit for our mission
• Consider increasing the number of full-time students
• Expand our International Outreach
⚬ Draw on FFWPU and UPF Regional System
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HJI Going Forward
Assure Student Success by Strengthening HJI’s Faculty and Staff for the Future:
• Young Scholars and Administrators
• Women Scholars and Administrators
• Multi-Faith
The Crisis in Higher Education and the Need for HJI
HJI Going Forward
• Advancement
⚬ Development of Alumni Relations
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HJI Going Forward: Core Values
God-centeredness
Responsibility Service Respect
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HJI Provides Enormous Value for FFWPU and the World
HJI is a faith-based Graduate School dedicated to providing a deeply meaningful educational experience characterized by academic rigor and open inquiry, in the context of a supportive community of faculty and staff committed to serving our students.
The Crisis in Higher Education and the Need for HJI
HJI Going Forward
Serving a world in need by providing an education for peace and public leadership.
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HJI Going Forward: HJI Impact Alumni
• International Leadership of FFWPU: Chairwoman Yeon Ah Moon, Dr. Yong Cheon Song, Dr. Chang Shik Yang, Rev. Dong Mo Shin, Dr. Ki Hoon Kim.
• Regional Presidents of FFWPU: Rev. Dunkley, Dr. Balcomb, Rev. Hori, Dr. Moon Shik Kim, Dr. Dong Woo Kim, Dr. Robert Kittel
• UPF Leaders: Dr. Chang Shik Yang, Dr. Michael Jenkins
• UPF Regional Chairs: Hon. Ek Nath Dakhal, Dr. Katsume Otsuka, Mr. Jacques Marion
• WFWP Leaders: Kaeleigh Moffitt
• YSP Leaders: Denthew Oleary
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HJI Is Going Forward Thank you True Mother! Thank you HJI Trustees!