Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ( SEBTS ) is a Baptist theological institute in Wake Forest, North Carolina . It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention . It was created in 1950 to meet a need in the SBC's East Coast region. It was voted into existence on May 19, 1950, at the SBC annual meeting and began offering classes in the fall of 1951 on the original campus of Wake Forest University (then Wake Forest College) in Wake Forest, North Carolina . The undergraduate program is called The College at Southeastern . The current president is Daniel L. Akin .
20-667: It has been accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) since 1958 and by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) since 1978. The seminary, under the presidency of Sydnor L. Stealey, began offering classes in 1951 on the campus of Wake Forest College . When the college moved in 1956 to Winston-Salem, North Carolina , Southeastern acquired
40-524: A peer review process coordinated by accreditation commissions and member institutions. The federal government began to play a limited role in higher education accreditation in 1952 with the reauthorization of the GI Bill for Korean War veterans . With the creation of the U.S. Department of Education and under the terms of the Higher Education Act of 1965 , as amended, the U.S. Secretary of Education
60-416: A need for improved coordination and articulation between secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, along with standardization of requirements between the two levels. Accreditation of higher education varies by jurisdiction and may focus on either or both the institution and the individual programs of study. Higher education accreditation in the United States has long been established as
80-685: A similar approach. In 2006, Southeastern opened the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture, named in honor of Dr. Russ Bush , who served as Southeastern’s academic dean under both Drummond and Patterson. In October of that year, Southeastern dedicated the Prince Building for facilities management. Patterson Hall was dedicated in 2008 to house classrooms and academic suites for several of Southeastern’s programs and initiatives, including The L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture, The Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership, Global Theological Initiatives, and twenty-two faculty offices. Lea Laboratory
100-554: Is composed of 18 members with varying terms in office. An equal number of members are appointed by the Secretary of Education, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. The breakdown of these appointees is as follows: The Secretary of Education : The Secretary of Education appoints 6 members for three-year terms. Of these 6 appointees, the Secretary of State is also responsible for selecting
120-458: Is for higher education. Public schools must adhere to criteria set by the state governments, and there is wide variation among the individual states in the requirements applied to non-public primary and secondary schools. There are seven regional accreditors in the United States that have historically accredited elementary schools , junior high schools , middle schools , high schools , as well as institutions of higher education . Some of
140-499: Is granted by the appropriate agency. In most countries, the function of educational accreditation is conducted by a government organization, such as the Ministry of Education. The United States government instead delegates the quality assurance process to private non-profit organizations. Those organizations are formally called accreditors. In order to receive federal funding and any other type of federal recognition, all accreditors in
160-486: Is required by law to publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies for higher education. Higher Education extends beyond the United States. Within North America, Canada has agencies such as EQual Accreditation, overseen by Accreditation Canada , that ensures programs meet national benchmarks for educational excellence and quality standards for health education programs. Mexico has similar agencies such as
180-714: The Conseo para la Accreditation de la Education Superior (COPAES) for academic programs in Mexican Higher Education. In the European Union , the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education registers quality assurance agencies that provide accreditation. In the United States, there is no federal government list of recognized accreditation agencies for primary and secondary schools like there
200-636: The Cause" was dedicated as the official Southeastern hymn [REDACTED] Media related to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary at Wikimedia Commons 35°58′52″N 78°30′43″W / 35.981°N 78.512°W / 35.981; -78.512 School accreditation Educational accreditation is a quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated and verified by an external body to determine whether applicable and recognized standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status
220-651: The Department of Education. Without the seal of approval of a recognized higher education accrediting body, colleges and universities cannot receive federal funds. NACIQI operates according to section 114 of the Higher Education Act, though this act was most recently amended by Section 106 of the Higher Education Opportunities Act in 2008. The statute details the areas in which the NACIQI should advise
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#1732855083872240-550: The Secretary of Education, and those areas are as follows: NACIQI was established in 1992, under the Higher Education Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 . The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 changed the structure of NACIQI from a 15 member committee appointed by the Secretary of Education to an 18 member committee appointed equally by the House, the Senate, and the Secretary of Education. The National Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
260-546: The US must, in turn, be recognized by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), which is an advisory body to the U.S. Secretary of Education . The federal government is, therefore, still the top-level architect and controlling authority of accreditation. The U.S. accreditation process was developed in the late 19th century and early 20th century after educational institutions perceived
280-485: The United States. National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity ( NACIQI , pronounced nah-SEEK-eeh) is an advisory body that makes recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Education "on matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education.". It recommends which accreditation agencies should be recognized by
300-528: The committee’s student member The House of Representatives : The House of Representatives appoints 6 members for 4-year terms. While the appointees are ultimately chosen by the Speaker of the House, the House Majority Leader and House Minority Leader are each responsible for presenting 3 recommended appointees to the speaker of the house. The Senate : The Senate appoints 6 members for 6-year terms in
320-477: The regional accreditors, such as, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, International Association for Learner Driven Schools (IALDS), New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges AdvancED , and some independent associations, such as the Association of Christian Schools International and Council of Islamic Schools of North America (CISNA), have expanded their accreditation activity to include schools outside
340-413: The seminary more than doubled. Under demands from an increasingly fundamentalist Board of Trustees, Lolley resigned in 1987 and was succeeded the following year by Lewis A. Drummond. Billy Graham attended Drummond's inauguration. Drummond's time was marked by a large amount of turnover in the faculty and a decline in enrollment. He retired in the spring of 1992. The fifth elected president of Southeastern
360-614: The whole campus. In 1963, Stealey retired and Olin T. Binkley was elected the new president. Under his leadership, the Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div.) degree transitioned into the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree, and the Master of Religious Education (MRE) and the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degrees were instituted. Binkley was also an equal-rights supporter. He retired in 1974 and was succeeded by W. Randall Lolley. During his presidency, enrollment at
380-417: Was L. Paige Patterson , a theological and political conservative, who reorganized the seminary on conservative lines, as well as upgrading degree programs and introducing doctoral degrees. Patterson's years at the school were another season of growth. He took the same position at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2004, being replaced by Daniel L. Akin , the school's current president, who has taken
400-590: Was built in 1887– 88 , and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The seminary was granted an exception to Title IX in 2016, allowing it to legally discriminate against LGBT students for religious reasons. In 2017, a campus was established in the Nash Correctional Institution prison in Nashville, North Carolina . During the same year, Keith and Kristyn Getty song, "For
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