Theology Schools, Facing Lean Times, Look to One Another and the Web

While Claremont Lincoln has been extreme in jettisoning “the knowledge piece,” it is not alone in sensing that divinity schools need to change to survive. According to a study released this week by the Association of Theological Schools, 55 percent of its member schools have declining enrollments. The students are aging, too — by 2020, “there may be more 50+ students than 20-somethings.”