Your Pathway to Graduation Is Secure
- All currently enrolled onsite degree students will be fully supported to complete their programs as planned.
- Students will receive individualized advising to ensure clear, stable pathways to graduation.
- Teach-out commitments ensure continuity for every promised curricular component.
- Faculty and staff remain fully available to support each student’s academic, contemplative, and personal formation.
What Will Change
Launching a Low-Residency MA and MDiv (Fall 2026)
- Courses will blend asynchronous learning, synchronous online sessions, and short in-person residencies.
- Updated course design follows national standards for quality distance education.
- Technology, LMS tools, and digital resources will be expanded.
- Faculty workload, mentoring expectations, and course templates will reflect best practices for online and hybrid instruction.
What Will Not Change
Our Heart and Mission Remain the Same
- Lineage-based teachings from Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
- Contemplative pedagogy grounded in meditation, inquiry, and service.
- Close mentorship, community, and relational learning.
- The integration of scholarship, meditation, and service as the foundation of every degree program.

