Volume LXXVI, No. 1 • January –April 2012 Total 2011 Fall Enrollment at the 51 IABCU Schools: 153,800 Undergraduate: 122,883; Graduate: 30,917 UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE 1. Anderson University 2,727 250 29. Judson College 348 — 2. Arkansas Baptist College 1,193 — 30. Judson University 1,200 — 3. The Baptist College of Florida 652 __ 31. Louisiana College (level 3 grad, prog.) 1,157 426 4. Baptist College of Health Sciences 975 __ 32. Mercer University 4,409 3,927 5. Baptist University of the Americas 750 33. Mid-Continent University 2,472 — (with off campus centers) — 34. Mississippi College 3,200 2,018 6. Baylor University 12,575 2,454 35. Missouri Baptist University 3,842 1,359 7. Belmont University 5,004 1,370 36. North Greenville University 2,200 238 8. Blue Mountain College 555 — 37. Oklahoma Baptist University 1,802 9. Bluefield College 760 — 38. Ouachita Baptist University 1,594 — 10. Bowen University (Nigeria) 4,500 39. Samford University 2,950 1,808 11. Brewton-Parker College 1,030 — 40. Seinan Gakuin University (Japan) 7,942 219 12. California Baptist University 4,403 1,010 41. Shorter University 3,240 250 13. Campbell University 4,994 1,030 (including adult degree students) (first professional enrollment 1128) 42. Southwest Baptist University 2,872 761 14. Campbellsville University 3,607 535 43. Union University 3,025 1,180 15. Carson-Newman College 1,686 284 44. University of the Cumberlands 1,762 2,023 16. Charleston Southern University 2,917 378 45. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 2,784 353 17. Chowan University 1,324 — 46. University of Mobile 1,538 175 18. Clear Creek Baptist Bible College 172 — 47. Virginia Intermont College 551 — 19. Dallas Baptist University 3,485 2,060 48. Wayland Baptist University 20. East Texas Baptist University 1,214 — *(incudes students on external campuses) *4,956 *1304 21. Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute 233 — 49. William Carey University 2,267 1,438 22. Gardner-Webb University 2774 1719 50. Williams Baptist College 600 — (professional 211) 51. Yellowstone Baptist College 50 23. Georgetown College 1,273 545 Totals 122,883 30,917 24. Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (includes diploma nd CLD) 1,006 992 25. Hannibal-LaGrange University 1,151 — Total Graduate and Undergraduate Enrollment: 153,800 26. Hardin-Simmons University 1,891 467 Source: from information supplied by member schools. (nursing enrollment: 134) “—”signifies no data reported 27. Houston Baptist University 2,088 344 (Published in the 2012 Online Directory of Member Schools: 28. Howard Payne University 1,183 — International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (www.baptistschools.org and www.baptist colleges.org). Contents Path to Leadership in Baptist Colleges and Universities 1 Fall Enrollment at IABCU Schools The Baylor Seminar, May 13–17, 2012 2 Path to Leadership in Baptist ince 2007, one hundred fifty-four of speakers, participant discussion, case Colleges and Universities Spresidents, provosts, deans, associate studies, and other interactive methods. deans, department chairs, faculty mem - Enrollment for the seminar will be 3 Comment bers, and other emerging leaders have capped at forty participants. participated in the “Seminar on The total fee for the seminar is $500, 3 Baptist Scholars Begin Classes Academic Leadership in Baptist which covers all seminar-related costs Universities” held on the campus of except travel. 4 The Greatest Book—The Life and Baylor University. To receive complete information Legacy of the King James Bible The seminar will be held this com - about the seminar, including the pro - 12 IABCU Annual Meeting and ing year on May 13 –17, 2012. The semi - gram, roster of speakers, and application Workshops nar is designed to provide a unique and form, please contact your chief academic significant leadership development officer or Julie Covington at the Center 14 Legal Notes opportunity for those in colleges and for Ministry Effectiveness and universities across the country that have Educational Leadership at Baylor a historical connection with Baptists. University (254-710-4677); 16 2011-2012 Annual Tuition at The seminar is an intensive experi - <[email protected]>. IABCU Schools ence, condensing into five days a host of The application deadline is March issues that includes leadership principles, 15, 2012 . institutional culture and religious identity, If you have questions about the sem - faculty hiring and development, strategic inar, contact the director of the seminar, planning and university finances, legal Donald D. Schmeltekopf, provost emeri - issues, and the rewards and opportunities tus at Baylor and director of the center, Vol. LXXVI, No. 1 of academic leadership. (254-710-7691); The seminar features a balanced mix <[email protected]> I January–April 2012 Publisher: Michael Arrington, Executive Director, IABCU Managing Editor: Tim Fields, Associate Director, IABCU The Baptist Educator (ISSN 0038-3848) is a news magazine published three times a year for administrators, faculty, staff, trustees and friends of member schools by the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: International Association of Baptist Colleges Presidential Search and Universities The Board of Trustees of Hannibal-LaGrange University is in search 8120 Sawyer Brown Road, Suite 108 Nashville, TN 37221-1410 of candidates for the office of President who have the knowledge Send news items to: Tim Fields, managing editor and experience to lead the University into the future. Dr. Woodrow The Baptist Educator Burt has announced his retirement effective in the summer of 2012. E-mail: [email protected] 8120 Sawyer Brown Road, Suite 108 A candi date must be an active member of a Southern Baptist church Nashville, TN 37221-1410 with appropriate academic credentials and professional experience to Phone: (615) 673-1896 An annual subscription to The Baptist Educator lead this great institution to grow and achieve. Hannibal La-Grange is affil - is $9.00. iated with the Missouri Baptist Convention. More detailed information “Legal Notes” is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information on legal issues facing about the University can be found at www.hlg.edu. Baptist-related higher education. It is provided with the understanding that the publisher and edi - Please send nominations or applications along with a resume tors are not engaged in rendering legal counsel. “Legal Notes” is not intended as a substitute for the to: [email protected] services of a legal professional. If your institution needs legal counsel, a competent attorney should be consulted. 2 The Baptist Educator Comment: It’s A Small World After All By Michael Arrington, Executive Director, International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities ur four-year-old grandson took us to Walt Disney World in three former Baptist college presidents who played key roles in the ODecember, our first visit to the popular theme park in over mid-1980s in creating CGE. We should thank them and so many twenty-five years. We were pleased to note that one of our favorite others for their pioneer work in expanding international opportuni - attractions, “it’s a small world,” continues to ties for Baptist schools. draw large crowds as it celebrates the diversi - The International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities ty of our global community. is proud to be the “parent” organization of the Consortium for Global As we rode through the musical exhibit Education. CGE has been very successful in helping internationalize enjoying the national displays, I realized that many Baptist college and university campuses. we had visited many of the nations as repre - One notable result of the internationalization of Baptist college sentatives of Baptist colleges. and university campuses is a commitment by IABCU member insti - We last visited Disney World in 1986, the tutions to the development and support of a global organization of same year the Baptist schools association Baptist colleges, universities, and seminaries. As one means of founded Cooperative Services International accomplishing that goal, IABCU has worked closely with the Baptist Education Consortium (CSIEC), now known World Alliance in establishing and supporting an Affinity Group for as the Consortium for Global Education Michael Arrington Baptist Higher Education. (CGE). For thousands of Baptist college and The Baptist Higher Education Affinity Group met in July 2011 at university faculty, staff, and students, CGE has provided opportuni - the BWA Annual Gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ties for participation in an impressive array of global study pro - Approximately 35 educators from Baptist institutions of higher edu - grams. I first experienced the life-changing impact of international cation met and reacted positively to the establishment of a global education programs in 1988 when my family accompanied 16 organization specifically for Baptist higher education institutions. Ouachita students to Zhengzhou University in central China for a 7- IABCU will continue to work with and support the Baptist Higher week Chinese language and culture seminar. Education Affinity Group during the BWA annual gathering in CGE will celebrate its 25th anniversary September 19-21, 2012, Santiago, Chile, in July 2012. returning to the site of the first annual meeting at Oklahoma Baptist We need your prayers and support as we continue transforming University.