| How will the retirement of Conn effect the issues of academic freedom verse the adherence to the company line when it comes to the denomination's ethos? There has been some concern about instructors going off the reservation when it comes to traditional COG beliefs. There are some hot button issues which are ongoing even now. So will there be more openness to freely discuss long held COG positions, or a clamping down on the status quo, or a reversal to past positions? Will there a great acceptance of now Lee grads as instructors, or will a homologous facility be preferred? When it comes to leadership and the COG, it seems Lee is a must, which creates a closed system. |