Sanctions removal to be recommended for SWBTS, Dockery says
FORT WORTH, Texas – Sanctions placed on Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2023 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) will be recommended for removal, President David S. Dockery announced in a letter to the seminary community April 8.
FROM THE SEMINARIES: SWBTS honors Dockery, Hawkins, releases B.H. Carroll book
SWBTS community honors Dockery during portrait unveiling; SWBTS presents Lees, Hawkinses with Carroll, Scarborough awards.
Property sale underscores SWBTS’ financial turnaround, Dockery says
FORT WORTH, Texas – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced Tuesday (Jan. 13) that Student Village Apartments and Townhomes have been sold to Bellrock Real Estate Partners, a Fort Worth-based company.
Southwestern pledges continued cooperation after SACSCOC extends sanctions
FORT WORTH (BP) -- President David S. Dockery announced today that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has extended sanctions against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary first implemented in 2023, while noting SACSCOC acknowledged “significant recent accomplishments in addressing noncompliance” and that institutional evidence “makes it reasonable for the Board to assume it will remedy all deficiencies within a 12-month period.”
Southwestern reports ‘objective’ measurement of institution’s financial health
FORT WORTH, Texas – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary released today the institution’s most recent Composite Financial Index (CFI) score of +3.0, an “objective” metric that “quantifies the significant progress made in the past 28 months,” President David S. Dockery said in a statement.
Southwestern receives accreditation warning update, Dockery notes positive steps
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) — After a year of evaluation, the board of trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) continued Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s "Warning" status during its June 13 meeting, which SACSCOC announced June 17 on its website. The Board noted three areas of concern last year, but these concerns were reduced to two areas this year.
SWBTS trustees receive reports of financial stability, enrollment growth
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees heard reports of renewed financial stability and enrollment growth during their April 9-10 meeting held on the Fort Worth campus, which was marked by a spirit of unity, President David S. Dockery said.
SWBTS trustees elect president, chancellor; adopt new plan, budget, programs
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – The election of David S. Dockery as 10th president and O.S. Hawkins to a new position as chancellor marked a historic spring meeting of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary board of trustees.
David S. Dockery elected 10th president, O.S. Hawkins elected chancellor of Southwestern Seminary
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Christian higher education leader David S. Dockery was elected 10th president and Southern Baptist leader O.S. Hawkins was elected to the new role of chancellor during the spring meeting of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary board of trustees, April 19.
SWBTS ‘not in a crisis,’ but financial challenges must be addressed, Dockery tells trustees
FORT WORTH (BP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is “not in a crisis” but financial challenges “could quickly escalate to a crisis if we do not aggressively move to address them,” Interim President David S. Dockery told the seminary’s board of trustees today during its first regularly scheduled meeting since the resignation of former president Adam W. Greenway.
