Future of Religious Education

Shaun, this is fascinating. In essence, if you remain true to your core values you will in time attract persons with the same values. Sadly, many religious colleges, universities have abandoned their religious roots in favor of money. The clincher is the decline of the middle class, which has had disposable income to select options to low-cost state systems. That middle class is dying. Online however is cost-effective competition because it skips bricks-and-mortar costs. My own model for religious education would be to let the secular state systems provide the strictly secular skilling, and let the religious educators provide the theology, and related topics. This could be a combination of online offerings and onsite "House of Study" offerings. For instance, at my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin - Madison, it is feasible to tap into the secular campus resources on one side literally of the street and tap into religiou resources on the other side of the street, literally. The key driver will be the middle class and its collapse. This means whatever serves it must factor bricks-and-mortar costs - and the values, standards that drive it to attract investment of scarce dollars.