Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201).
Contents:
Introduction: Confusion about "Christian" universities -- 1. What makes a university Christian? -- 2. Mainline Protestant colleges and universities -- 3. Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) -- 4. Catholic colleges and universities -- 5. Evangelical colleges and universities in multidenominational coalitions -- 6. Independent low church Protestant colleges and universities -- 7. The one Eastern Orthodox college -- 8. Evaluating the diversity of Christian higher education in the United States -- 9. A new vision for US Christian higher education: centers for Christian thought -- 10. Canadian Christian colleges and universities -- Conclusion. Using the results of our guide: messages for parents, students, faculty, staff, administrators, and boards.
Summary:
The Christian higher education landscape confuses many people. Parents, students, staff, and faculty have long needed a rating system to explain the variety of approaches Christian colleges and universities take as they educate and train students. This guidebook introduces the Operationalizing Christian Identity Guide (OCIG), a comprehensive tool that identifies, ranks, and evaluates the significant ways Christian colleges and universities operationalize their Christian identity to make mission, marketing, membership, curriculum, cocurricular, and other decisions. Those who care about the future of Christian higher education will find this extensive research project invaluable. This book provides access to an online spreadsheet of OCIG scores updated in real-time for all Christian colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. -- back
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