In May 2019 President Wolfe commissioned the Futures Committee (the “Committee”) that included members of the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and the leadership team. Its mission was to discern and recommend viable and sustainable responses to meet the demands of a mercurial higher education, theological education, and denominational landscape.
The Committee recognized and affirmed Iliff’s expertise and commitment to serving degree-seeking graduate students in residential, online, and hybrid spaces. The Committee also considered the possibility that in addition to the traditional graduate student, Iliff’s offerings might serve a broader constituency of individuals, groups, institutions, and/or communities who wish to acquire knowledge, develop skills, think differently, and/or prepare to participate in relevant and vital moral discourse; but who may or may not be seeking a credential. Considering the addition of this constituency to the Iliff community, the Committee expanded the definition of the students. It seeks to serve “Learners” (people who are seeking education, with and/or without a credential). In January 2020, after an extensive process of reviewing existing programs and emerging initiatives and conceiving new possibilities, the Committee presented recommendations to the Board of Trustees.
Iliff then retained Corona Insights in April 2020 to conduct focused market research. Corona Insights began by meeting with a group of faculty, staff, and the leadership team to review, sort, condense, and prioritize the Committee-generated list of potential programs, audiences, and delivery methods. Corona Insights used this prioritized list to conduct a series of interviews with targeted audiences. Information obtained from these interviews were invaluable to Corona Insights as they worked with members of the senior leadership team, faculty, and a student in creating a survey of seven audiences, resulting in more than 1200 respondents to inform their recommendation.
FUTURES COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THE REV. DR. TOM BARLOW
THE REV. KEN BROWN
KELSEY COCHRANE
DR. TOM CRAINE
ALISHA ENO
DR. MICHAEL HEMENWAY
THE REV. DR. CATHIE KELSEY
THE REV. DR. BOYUNG LEE
DR. CAROLYN LOVE
BARBARA MCDONNELL
BRIAN MOONEY
KIM PATMORE
TIM PFEIFER
PAULA REDMOND
ANITA SANBORN
GEORGE SISSEL
CHRISTIANO SOSA
THE REV. DR. VINCENT TANGO
DR. TED VIAL
CARAN WARE JOSEPH – CHAIR
JASON WARR
REV. DR. THOMAS V. WOLFE
DR. SOON BENG YEAP
CORONA INSIGHTS SORTING SUBCOMMITTEE
KELSEY COCHRANE
DR. AMY ERICKSON
GABRIEL FISCHER
DR. ALBERT HERNANDEZ
ELIZABETH LAY
ERIN LAURVICK
THE REV. DR. BOYUNG LEE
DR. TED VIAL
JASON WARR
THE REV. DR THOMAS V. WOLFE
FACILITATOR: CARAN WARE JOSEPH
SURVEY CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS
Tom Wolfe – President and CEO
Boyung Lee – Sr. Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Ted Vial – Vice President of Innovation, Learning, and Institutional Research
Michael Hemenway – CIO – Director, AI Institute
Katherine Turpin – Faculty – Director, MDIV Program
Miguel De La Torre – Faculty – Director, Ecojustice Center
Jennifer Leath – Faculty – Director, MASJE Program
Dr. Mary Brandt – Student and Medical Doctor
Paula Redmond – Board Member
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Caran Ware Joseph – COO – Facilitator, Survey Content Contributors