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COUNCIL FOR CHRISTIAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT 2 | CCCU 2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT Table of Contents CCCU LEADERSHIP 2018-19 2 Shirley V. Hoogstra, J.D. Carolyn Dirksen, Ph.D. ABOUT THE President Interim Vice President of CCCU Educational Programs Shapri D. LoMaglio, J.D. Senior Vice President for Mandi Bolton Government & External Relations Vice President for Finance and 7 Administration STAFF CCCU BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXCELLENCE James H. Barnes III, Ed.D. Lowell Haines, J.D., Ed.D. 10 President, Bethel University President, Taylor University Chair PUBLIC Derek Halvorson, Ph.D. ADVOCACY Shirley A. Mullen, Ph.D. President, Covenant College President, Houghton College Vice Chair Sidney J. Jansma Jr., M.B.A. 14 Chair of the Board, Wolverine Gas David Wright, Ph.D. and Oil Corporation PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT President, Indiana Wesleyan University Secretary L. Randolph Lowry III, M.P.A., J.D. President, Lipscomb University Robin E. Baker, Ph.D. 17 President, George Fox University Claude O. Pressnell Jr., Ed.D. ACADEMIC Treasurer President, Tennessee Independent EXCELLENCE Colleges & Universities Association Charles W. Pollard, J.D., Ph.D. President, John Brown University Philip Graham Ryken, M.Div., 19 Immediate Past Chair Ph.D. President, Wheaton College EXPERIENTIAL Bishop Claude Alexander Jr., EDUCATION M.Div., D.Min. Carol Taylor, Ph.D. Senior Pastor, The Park Church President, Evangel University 23 Peggy S. Campbell Evans P. Whitaker, Ph.D. FINANCIAL President, Anderson University President, Ambassador Advertising INFORMATION Agency Shirley V. Hoogstra, J.D. Andy Crouch, M.Div. President 26 Partner for Theology and Culture, Ex-Officio Praxis OUR INSTITUTIONS CCCU 2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT | 1 A Letter from President Shirley V. Hoogstra, J.D. Dear friends, It is our joy to serve you because we believe so deeply in what you do. That’s why all we do centers around being an essential partner to you as you carry out your God-given assignment within your context. It’s also why we strive to be healthy as a business entity; we want to be dependable in all things. You stand at a unique intersection of faith and higher education, so we pay careful attention to everything happening in government and the educational sectors at the local, national, and international level. We are your eyes and ears here in Washington so that we can assist you where you are. This report covers the CCCU’s work in the 2018-19 fiscal year, much of which is ongoing. Everything included highlights the unique role God has “IT IS OUR given us in this time for our domestic and international partners: JOY TO SERVE • To protect religious liberty in higher education; • To cultivate Christian leadership in organizations and in culture YOU BECAUSE through the faculty, staff, and students of our institutions; WE BELIEVE • To expand the academic offerings of our institutions by providing SO DEEPLY faith-integrated, off-campus study programs; and IN WHAT YOU • To be the voice for Christian higher education in the halls of Congress DO. ... BE and leading news media. I want to express how grateful I am to the hardworking CCCU board ENCOURAGED; of directors and the dedicated, go-the-extra-mile CCCU colleagues that YOUR WORK serve you in D.C. and around the world; they make all this work on your MATTERS TO behalf possible. As we continue this work into the coming year, we covet your THE WORLD.” prayerful support. Navigating the current challenges and opportunities for Christian higher education takes God-given wisdom, patience, and courage. We are proud to partner with you and support you in your calling to be part of the movement of Christian higher education – an enterprise that, in the words of David Brooks, has “a way of talking about and educating the human person in a way that integrates faith, emotion, and intellect. You have a recipe to nurture human beings who have a devoted heart, a courageous mind, and a purposeful soul.” Be encouraged; your work matters to the world. You are making a difference. In this work together, ADVANCING FAITH AND INTELLECT FOR THE COMMON GOOD The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) is a higher education association of more than 180 Christian institutions around the world. The CCCU’s mission is to advance the cause of Christ-centered higher education and to help our institutions transform lives by faithfully relating scholarship and service to biblical truth. The institutions of the CCCU share three basic commitments: First, we integrate biblical truth not just into “spiritual” aspects of the institution but throughout the academic enterprise. Our professors pursue academic excellence because they are committed to God as the author of truth, and that truth has implications for every academic discipline. The classroom and the laboratory are just as much arenas of Christian integration as the college chapel. Second, we are committed to the moral and spiritual formation of students. Education that instructs the mind without deepening the soul is not true learning. Our schools seek to develop students who, in the words of the Old Testament prophet, “act justly and love mercy and walk humbly with their God” (Micah 6:8). This requires not simply professional competence but wisdom, which is a sense of things in their proper relationship and a love for the right things. Our purpose is to form students of moral commitment who live out Christian virtues such as love, courage, and humility. This task gives meaning and coherence to every part of the academy, from the classroom to the fine arts studio, from the internship placement to the residence hall and the athletic field. Third, we are committed to graduating students who make a difference for the common good as redemptive voices in the world. Our schools offer a wide variety of academic programs because we believe that Christians are called to use their vocations as vehicles to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to a fallen world. Our graduates are “hopeful realists” who recognize the brokenness of the world but believe that God has called them to work for its healing. As such, they play a redemptive and restorative role in the world as doctors, teachers, marketers, engineers, parents, soccer coaches, and in a host of other ways. In other words, we are private religious institutions that exist for the public good and contribute to human flourishing. CCCU 2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT | 3 THE CCCU’S PROGRAMMING IS BASED ON TWO FOUNDATIONAL COMMITMENTS THAT SUPPORT OUR THREE PILLARS OF STRATEGIC FOCUS. PUBLIC ADVOCACY The CCCU provides a unified voice to highlight the contributions of our institutions to the common good and advocates for the right of PROFESSIONAL Christian institutions to live out DEVELOPMENT & their faith commitments. SCHOLARSHIP The CCCU hosts numerous leadership and professional development events for administrators and faculty and fosters collaborative research that guides our institutions’ ongoing improvement. EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION The CCCU offers faith- integrated, off-campus study programs in nine locations across the U.S. and around the world that foster students’ intellectual, cultural, vocational, and spiritual growth. ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE CHRISTIAN MISSION CCCU CCCU 2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT | 5 CCCU INSTITUTIONS AT A GLANCE 180+ 520,000+ Colleges and universities Students enrolled globally annually 3,600,000+ 90,000+ Alumni around the world Faculty and staff employed globally U.S. INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AUSTRALIA BOLIVIA CANADA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GHANA HAITI HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA ISRAEL JAPAN KENYA LITHUANIA KEY NETHERLANDS States with 0 Campuses States with 4-6 Campuses NEW ZEALAND SOUTH KOREA States with 1 Campus States with 7-9 Campuses TAIWAN States with 2-3 Campuses States with 10+ Campuses UGANDA UNITED KINGDOM YEAR IN REVIEW CCCU 2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT | 7 STAFF EXCELLENCE The CCCU’s staff not only provides key support for members, professional development for faculty and administrators on CCCU campuses, and life-changing educational experiences for students, but they also are leaders and scholars, publishing and speaking regularly to share their expertise with others. Some of the many accomplishments of CCCU staff in fiscal year 2018-19 include: Awards Honorary Doctor of Letters, Nyack College: Shirley V. Hoogstra, CCCU president Keepers of the American Dream Award, National Immigration Forum: Shirley V. Hoogstra, CCCU president Distinguished Thesis of the Year, Taylor University: Jess Martin, residence director and internship coordnator of the American Studies Program, for her master’s thesis, “Paradigm or Paradox? Student Consumerism and Learning at a Liberal Arts Institution.” Media Appearances The past year has seen an uptick in media coverage for the CCCU, particularly due to coverage of the 2019 Presidents Conference, which included sessions led by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, as well as a multi-faith presidents panel. Media coverage also highlighted topics such as the CCCU’s new online course-sharing consortium and its participation in Second Chance Month to advocate for educational opportunities for incarcerated individuals. Media Outlets that Covered the CCCU in 2018-19 Include: ABC The Washington Post Inside Higher Ed C-SPAN Bloomberg Christianity Today Fox News The Hill Religion News Service NBC Slate The Christian Post The New York Times The Chronicle of Higher Education Publications Elizabeth Baigent, senior tutor and academic director at Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), the CCCU’s U.K. subsidiary, served as editor and contributor to volume 37 of International Geographical Union’s serial Geographers. Islam as Education: Pedagogies of Pilgrimage, Prophecy, and Jihad (Waterstones, August 2018), written by Aaron Ghiloni, interim director of the Australian Studies Centre. 8 | CCCU 2018-19 ANNUAL REPORT Jess Martin, residence director and internship coordinator for the American Studies Program, and Alana Dean Price, CCCU’s project coordinator for the office of the president, co-authored a chapter and served as co-editors of volume 17 of Christian Higher Education.