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Pursue and Implement a More Flexible and Customizable Curriculum ✅
- STH will revise its curriculum for increased flexibility and customizability, while buttressing its capacity to equip congregational ministers, chaplains, seekers, and ever-expanding possibilities
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Launch New Online Programs
- Launch of the Master of Arts in Religious and Public Leadership (MARPL) – completed Fall 2023 ✅
- Launch Online MDiv in Fall 2026
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Launch first STH Colloquium in Spring 2026
- STH will host a scholarly conference every three years on interdisciplinary topics showcasing STH faculty research and fostering fruitful collaborations across Boston University and academic guilds
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Enhance Keystone Programs
- STH will expand Chaplaincy training, Hispanic/Latinx initiatives, Faith and Ecological Justice (FEJ) initiatives, and Tom Porter RCT workshops and skills training, while maintaining the distinctive strengths of its Center for Practical Theology and Center for Global Christianity and Mission
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Pursue strategic faculty hires to enhance STH’s distinctive strengths ✅
- Make hires to enhance Black church studies, queer studies, and interdisciplinary studies such as Sociology of Religion
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Endow a Professorship
- STH will secure endowment for one professorship by 2030
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