The Future of Academic Freedom in ELCA Seminaries and Theological Education
October/November 2025: Lutheran Responses to the Crises in Higher Education (Volume 25 Issue 6)
Introduction [1] Over the past several decades, theological education has undergone significant changes due to declining enrollment and more recently a global pandemic. In response there have been seminary mergers with undergraduate institutions, widespread use of hybrid and on-line models of education, and closures. While changing winds have affected all seminaries, the ones who have […]