Mushure mokunge azadzikisa kuzvipira kwake kwegore rimwe chete kuYunivhesiti yeLouisville, Collins akatumidzwa kuti ave mushandi weHarvard Institute of Politics 'John F. Kennedy Chikoro cheHurumende, achidzidzisa makirasi asiri echikwereti pamaitiro ehutungamiri kamwechete pasvondo. Panguva imwecheteyo nenzvimbo yake kuHarvard, Collins akatumidzwa kunhengo yebhodhi revatongi veMidway College muna 1989; gore rakatevera, akabviswa mubhodhi revatongi veSouthern Baptist Theological Seminary. Kubviswa kwake kwakaitwa otomatiki mushure mekunge apotsa misangano mitatu yakateedzana yebhodhi pakati pa1986 na1989.
Gumiguru 10, 1997