Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-28/7).
Contents:
Longer-term trends -- Recent developments -- Secularization -- Organizational dynamics -- Generalizations from experience -- The recent past and the present situation -- Curriculum: a different "what?" -- Instruction: a different "how?" -- Why might some churches want schools that are different? -- Intentional "secularization" -- Diversity, pluralism, and community -- Academic freedom -- Faculty teams for distinctive missions -- A student peer environment that furthers the mission -- Missions that guide decision-making -- Trustees that hold in trust the long-term future -- Presidents who implement the long-term mission -- Churches that want schools with a difference -- Intervening in the system -- Epilogue: what are the prospects?.
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