Students who profit most from the intellectual and spiritual climate of the Institute are generally seeking to broaden their worldview, undertake in-depth scholarship in their area of interest, and integrate spirituality more deeply into all aspects of their lives.
Some students come directly from undergraduate or graduate study.
Others are making career changes. Individuals with undergraduate credits and life experience enter the Bachelor of Arts Completion Program so that they can pursue further schooling or find a more satisfying job. Here, you'll meet just a few of our students. Debbi Grenn-Scott , a doctoral student in Humanities who earned her B. A. at CIIS in 1996, is focusing her studies on women's rituals. In the summer of 2000, Debbi traveled to the Gauteng and northern provinces of South Africa to begin her fieldwork among the Lemba tribe.