N'otu oge ahụ na ọnọdụ ya na Harvard, a họpụtara Collins ka ọ bụrụ onye otu ndị na-elekọta ụlọ maka Midway College na 1989; n'afọ na-esote, ewepụrụ ya na ndị nlekọta nke Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. N'afọ 1990, Collins nabatara ọkwa onye isi oche nke Saint Catharine College na Springfield, Kentucky, na-aghọ onye isi oche mbụ nke obere kọleji Katọlik, onye na-abụghị onye Dominican. Ndị ọrụ gọọmentị kwuru na a họpụtara Collins maka ọkwa onye isi oche iji bulie ọkwa onye isi oche. N'ọnwa Ọktoba nke afọ 1993, di ya, Bill Collins, bụ onye a na-akpọ onye isi ala, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi oche nke kọleji ahụ.
Ọktoba 10, 1997