See also the Chicago Theological Seminary [1]; this article by Adam Rang of E-Residency [2] on "Virtual Institutes"; and this old NSF initiative [3] on "Science Across Virtual Institutes". (Just thinking on global/distributed alternatives to traditional institutes of advanced study / research institutes...)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Theological_Seminary
[2] https://medium.com/e-residency-blog/could-virtual-institutes...
[3] https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121825