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Fact Book on Theological Education for the Academic Year 1990-91 DOCIMENT RESUME ED 334 941 HE 024 795 AUTHOR King, Gail Buchwalter, Ed. TITLE Fact Book on Theological Educationfor the Academic Year 1990-91. INSTITUTION Association of Theological Schoolsin the United States and Canada, Vandalia, OH. REPORT NO ISSN-0363-7735 PUB DATE 91 NOTE 117p.; For a previous edition, see ED 331 383. AVAILABLE FROMThe Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, 10 Summit Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1103. PUB TYPE Guides - Non-Classroom Use (055) -- Statistical Data (110) -- Collected Works - Serials (022) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Compensation (Remuneration); Doctoral Degrees; *Educational Finance; Endowment Funds; *Enrollment; Expenditures; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Income; *Institutional Characteristics; Masters Degrees; Peer Institutions; Salaries; *Theological Education;'rend Analysis; Tuition ABSTRACT Using spring 1990 data from Association of Theological Schools' Annual Report Forms, this book provides information on parallel patterns and trends among theological schools for long-range planning and for visiting accreditation teams whoseek to monitor a school's progress. The first chapter consistsof seven tables describing institutions in terms of the most common identifying characteristics such as finances, personnel, and enrollment. The second chapter, "Enrollment," presents data on: applications, acceptances, and enrollees; admission policies; various enrollment combinations; total full-time equimalent enrollment patterns; comparable enrollments; total enrollment comparisons by degree types, by degree, gender and race; denominationalaffiliation; and completions. A third chapter, on personnel compensation, contains data on trends in the United States and Canada, vis a vis variou benefits, by school size and accreditat&on status, by country, and by highest degree; the chapter also provides compensation comparisons by denomination of school, and shows distribution of administrative compensation as between university and nonuniversity affiliated schools. A final chapter, "Finance, Tuition Costs, Revenues and Expenditures," treats average Master of Divinity tuition charges, average doctoral charges, revenue and expenditures perfull-time equivalent student, revenue sources, expenditure sources, educational and general expense per student, trends in financialdata, ratio of surplus or deficit, and distribution of endowment assets. Thebalk of the data is in tables each with accompanying explanation.(JB) **********************************************************************$ * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** olnl A I i " .1 ' 111 .6 0 0 BEST YRYNLAILE "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS MATERIAL HAS SEEN GRAN,ED SY 4, on of, U DEPARMIENT DP EDUCATION Office of EducAtofwRemittch and Imprownnent Theological Schools EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES iNFORMATION CENTER tERIC4 )(Vitodoctontnt nes wan ettproduc.ito fIKEttyd trom th pltriOn OrOrgOrtIPOI,OR RESOURCES 04491nOtiN) it TO THE EDUCATIONAL to irnoroo INFORMATION CENTER (EMI." Minor changes hat* boon made rooduction QuatIty Pomts of we* <x (*.mons static! inMet:tot u- ntent 60 not nItOnlytspoktukett onto* OEMpoettton or poftey FACT BOOK ON THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION for the academic year 1990-91 Selectcd Tables Based on 1988 Revision of ATS Annual Report Forms Gail Buchwalter King, Editor Deena Anundson, Database Manager The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada 10 Summit Park Drive Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275-1103 ISSN 0363-7735 THE ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada is the primary accrediting agency for graduate theological education. Tracing its origins to 1918 when formal consultations on theological education were begun, the Association numbered 205 institutions in 1988 and 1989 and 211 institutions in 1991. They reflect the diversity of the religious communities and university relationships in the two national communities. Its purposes include, within a general mandate for the improvement of theological education, the establishment of standards and the accreditation of institutions, serving as a forum for shared interests, and the consideration of issues among members and between members and related agencies.In the experience of its standard setting duties, the Association has maintained a membership list of accredited schools since 1936. The Association also publishes annually a Directory of Theolwical Schools. The officers of the Association for the 1990-92 biennium are: President ROBERT E. COOLEY President, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary South Hamilton, MA Vice-President DONNA R. RUNNALLS Dean, McGill University Faculty of Religious Studies Montreal, Canada Secretary KENNETH B. SMITH President, Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, Illinois Treasi Irer ANTHONY T. RUGER Special Assignment, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) The Association's professional staff includes: Executive Directx JAMES WAITS Associate Directors DANIEL O. ALESHIRE GAIL BUChINALTER KING TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ix Chronicle of the Revision x Chapter L Institutional Characteristics Tal;)le Title introduction 1 3 1.01 Listing of Individual Institutions 1.02 Summary of Selected InstitutionaiCharacteristics 12 1.03 ATS Membership Structure and Changes 13 1.04a Distribution of Schools by Head Count(HC) Enrollment 14 1.04b Distribution of Schools by Full-Time Equivalent(FTE) Enrollment 15 1.05 Frequency Distribution of Schools by FTEEnrollment 15 1.06 Levels of Education Programs of AccreditedSchools 16 Appendix: Denominational Codes 17 Chapter ll; Enrollment Introduction 21 2.01 Number of Applications, Acceptances, andEnrollees 22 2.02 Number Initially Enrolled Each Year 23 2.03 Admission Policies as ReportedRegarding Undergraduate GPA and GRE Scores: Fall 1990 24 2.04a Total Head Count (HC) Enrollment inMember Schools 25 labie Title PNV 2.04b Total Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment in Member Schools 26 2.06 Comparable Enrollments: Same Institutions Reporting-- Head Count 27 2.07 Comparison of Total Enrollment: Head Count and Full-Time Equivalent 29 2.10 Total Enrollment by Degree Types: Head Count and Full-Time Equivalent 30 2.12 Enrollment by Degree: Head Count and Full-Time Equivalent 33 2.20 Enrollment Summary by Degree, Gender, and Race: Head Count 35 2.23 Denominational Affiliation of Current Enrollment: Head Count 39 2.29 Total Completions from Member Schools 41 2.32 Completions by Degree Program 42 Chapter 111; Personnel Compensation Introduction 45 3.12 Trends in Total Compensation Averages: U.S. Accredited Schools 48 3.12a Trends in Total Compensation Averages: Canadbn Accredited Schools 50 3.13 Trends in Total Compensation Averages: Nonaccredited Schools in U.S. Dollars 52 3.17 Compensation with and without Housing Benefits, Salaries and Other Benefits:All Schools in U.S. Dollars 54 vi Table Title Page 3.18 Compensation Comparisons by Size, Accredited or Nonaccredited Status, Country, and Highest Degree: All Schools in U.S. Dollars 56 3.19 Compensation Comparisons by Denomination of School: Groups with Four or More Schools 64 3.21 Distribution of Administrative Compensation in Thousands, Comparing University and Nonuniversity Affiliated Schools 72 Appendix: Glossary of Administrators and Faculty 74 ChapteriVi finanpe: Tuition Costs, Revenues anci Expenditures Introduction 75 4.01 Tuition and Fees 76 4.05 Average M.Div. Tuition Charges and Increase 82 4.06 Average Academic Doctoral Tuition Charges and Increase 82 4.07 Average D.Min. Tuition Charges and Increase 82 4.08 Revenue and Expenditures Per Full-Time Equivalent Student 83 4.10 Revenue Sources Expressed as a Percentage of Total Revenue 86 4.14 Revenue Sources Expressed as a Percentage of Total Revenue: Roman Catholic and Non-Roman Catholic Schools 87 4.23 Expenditure Sources Expressed as a Percentage of Total Expenditures: All Schools 88 4.25 Expenditure Sources as a Percentage of Total Expenditures: Comparing Roman Catholic El n d Non- Roman Catholic School Averages 89 - vii Table Title Page 4.26 Average Educational & General Expense Per Full-Time Equivalent Student: Canadian Schools in Canadian Dollars and U.S. Schools in U.S. Dollars 90 4.28 Trends in Total Financial Data (in Thousands): All Schools 92 4.29 Ratio of Surplus or (Deficit) to Total Revenues: All Schools 93 4.30 Ratio of MI Educational and General Surplus or (Deficit) to Total Educational and General Revenues: All Schools 94 4.33 Distribution of Endowment Assets in U.S. Thousands at Market Value: All Schools 95 INTRODUCTION This is the twenty-first annualedition of the ATS Eggi Dpok.This edition covers the data supplied in the fall of1990.It is a follow-up of the minifez jigs& published in the spring of 1990 coveringdata from the years 1988 and1989. We are producing a fast turn around onthe forty tables you havealready received in hopes that they are the most critical for your work.It is our plan in 1991-92 to addadditional tables. We trust that the new format andcontent will prove of betterservice to member schools and others. A growing senseof inadequacy in the previouseditions prompted a lengthy process of revision whichis detailed for history's sakein the following Chronicle. Since 1988 data for the Factawls has been submitted on therevised ATS Annual Report Forms required each yearof all member schools.These reports include
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