Collins ti a npe ni a ẹlẹgbẹ ti Harvard Institute of Politics 'John F. Kennedy School of Government, kọ ẹkọ ti ko ni kirẹditi lori awọn ọna alakoso ni ẹẹkan ni ọsẹ kan. Ni akoko kanna pẹlu ipo rẹ ni Harvard, Collins ti a npe ni igbimọ ti awọn regents fun Midway College ni 1989; ni ọdun to nbo, o ti yọ kuro ninu igbimọ ti awọn regents ti Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Ni 1990, Collins gba igbimọ ti Saint Catharine College ni Springfield, Kentucky, di alakoso akọkọ ti ile-ẹkọ giga Catholic kekere, ti kii ṣe Dominican nun.
October 10, ọdún 1997