Targeted Areas of Work 2004–2010

The Association has identified five targeted areas of work for sustained attention over the next several years. Each targeted area is of equal importance, although the programmatic implementation varies according to program design and project funding.

• Character and Assessment of Learning for Religious Vocation. This effort is helping schools to develop greater institutional understanding about the kind of learning that religious vocation requires and increased skill in the methods of assessing this kind of learning.

• Technology and Educational Practices. The Association is assisting schools in making the transitions necessary to accommodate and maximize the use of information technology to enhance educational practices and institutional administration.

• Theological Schools and the Church. ATS contributes to the renewed attention of member schools to the fundamental patterns of relationship between theological schools and their respective religious communities.

• Women in Leadership in Theological Education. The number of women faculty and senior administrators in theological education is growing, although the percentage of women faculty and administrators remains smaller than the percentage of women students. ATS provides  educational support for women faculty and administrators and assists schools in their efforts to include more women in leadership positions.

• Race and Ethnicity in Theological Education. ATS supports racial/ethnic faculty and administrators in theological schools and helps schools to enhance their capacity to meet the needs of diverse racial/ethnic communities in North America.