More on changing American religion and higher education

Greetings from Santiago, Chile. I am here to give a talk to, and meet with people at, an Ellucian users’ conference.

It’s lovely to be in person for an educational technology event. I’m masked, but can still bask in human presence. Plus I get to try out my childlike Spanish language “skills.” Everyone here — Chilean, plus people from other Latin American nations — are most kind to me as I fumble and strain.

And my hosts have been splendid.

Audience recovering from my presentation.

Now, to this post’s topic, which doesn’t have much to do with Chile, although it touches on travel. Last week I shared notes on a new Pew study about changes to American religion. Today I’d like to follow up with a few additional thoughts based on conversations with readers and a webinar. This is a short post and these three points are not in any particular order:

In response to that post, over on LinkedIn Tonya Amankwatia offered two provocative ideas. First, if Christianity declines sharply, will some institutions make a point of remaining affiliated to the level of mission and operations? Tonya suggests the possibility of Historically Christian Colleges and…