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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"christian colleges"”.
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A New Freshman Composition Pedagogy for Christian Colleges and Universities
Freshman composition instructors at Christian institutions face a disturbing predicament: competing pedagogies, administrative pressure to prove freshman composition’s merit, public clamoring for greater return on the college investment, technology redefining what “writing” is, a postmodern …
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The Faculty Perceptions of Academic Freedom at Christian Colleges and Universities
… the faculty perceptions of academic freedom at Christian colleges and universities, a unique segment of institutions within US higher education. Specifically, little recent research has shown how faculty members at Christian colleges and universities define academic freedom, how they describe …
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An Examination of Internet Pornography Usage Among Male Students at Evangelical Christian Colleges
… access among male students at Evangelical Christian colleges presents two dilemmas. First, Internet pornography access is institutionally prohibited based on a Biblical view of sexuality. The second dilemma is that individual students who choose to follow the teaching of Jesus Christ in the …
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Career Paths of Female Chief Academic Officers in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
… serving as chief academic officers in Christian colleges and universities which belong to the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). The CCCU is a professional association of evangelical Christian institutions dedicated to integrating faith and learning. The exploration …
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Tenure Practices in Christian Higher Education: Policies of Member Institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
… tenure policies and practices among Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) member schools. A survey of CCCU member schools was conducted; 65 usable questionnaires were received. A response rate of 69% was achieved. Schools also provided portions of their faculty handbooks addressing …
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Factors affecting Institutional Choice of Minority Students admitted to Institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
… 4-year institutions in the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) in the United States. These factors included: minority students' demographic and background characteristics, financial factors, perceived institutional characteristics, and institutional marketing …
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An Investigation of the Music Education Curriculum at Member Institutions of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Consistent with the findings of this study and numerous studies on this topic is the great variability in curriculum and organization of the music unit. The data collected in this study may help to guide music educators in the process of program review. It may also suggest a variety of …
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The assessment of student learning outcomes in management and business-related adult accelerated degree completion programs in the Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities
… business-related majors within the Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). The study was descriptive in nature; it described the various methods employed by administrators to determine what adults in their accelerated degree completion programs have learned in their course of …
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An Initial Exploration of the Undergraduate English Major Curricula Issued by the 2000-2001 Member Schools of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
… among 101 members of the 2000-2001 Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), describing their nature and state and discerning evidence of Christian thought.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>Stewart’s (1989) Modified Categories of English Majors and Eisner’s (1991) education criticism provided …
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Academic Dishonesty: Attitudes and Behaviors of Fundamentalist Christian College Students
… to which cheating occurs in fundamentalist Christian colleges; (2) the attitudes of fundamentalist Christian college students toward cheating; (3) attitudes of fundamentalist Christian college students toward cheating among their peers; (4) the kinds of cheating practices of fundamentalist …
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Faith-based higher education and the religiosity of Christian college students.
While many Christian colleges and universities in the United States have lost their religious character over time, members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) actively seek to make Christian identity their defining feature. This dissertation begins by examining students …
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Tradition richness : a theory of campus traditions and culture.
… there seems to a skepticism around traditions, Christian colleges and universities offer a positive vision for what campus traditions can be. Operating from the premises that deep-seated habits are spiritually formative and that traditions—when done well—function as liturgies of celebration, it …
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An analysis of selected factors influencing evangelical college students' intensity of involvement in local churches
Why do Christian college students participate, or not, in local churches while they attend Christian colleges? This study was designed to investigate and help answer this question through an analysis of selected factors that influence evangelical college students' intensity of involvement in local …
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Relationship Between Involvement in Institutional Activities and Christian Life Commitment Among Undergraduate Students of a Christian University in Mexico
… commitment among young people in Mexican Christian colleges, where many institutional resources are invested to foster such commitment. This study attempted to identify the extent to which Christian commitments of undergraduate students in a Mexican Christian university are related to …
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Teaching for transformation : engaging a Christian worldview in teacher education courses to address K-12 social issues.
How faculty at Christian universities encourage teacher candidates to draw on a Christian worldview ultimately influences the ways teacher candidates become effective agents of change in K-12 schools. This study examined the assumption that K-12 Christian teachers cannot remain religiously neutral …
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Faith development of Christian college students engaged in a one-month study abroad mission trip
… faith development of those who engage in them. Christian colleges and universities utilize these experiences to help develop their students' faith. This research analyzed the relationship between a Christian college student's experience in a one-month study abroad/mission experience and his or …
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The Relationship Between Faculty Gender, Student Understanding of Biblical Gender Roles, and Perceived Quality of Learning Experience in Southern Baptist Affiliated Seminaries
… The research could also be replicated in Christian colleges. A longitudinal study, comparing the perceived quality of learning experience in a course taught by a male professor and the same course taught by a female professor is encouraged.
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The right, rights and the culture wars in the United States, 1981-1989
… federal anti-discrimination regulations bound Christian colleges that rejected direct federal funding, and the interplay between rights and education during the AIDS crisis. In doing so, it contributes to the still-growing historiography on both American conservatism and the culture wars. …
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Best Practices Of Online Undergraduate Spiritual Formation At Select Institutions Of Christian Higher Education: A Delphi Study
… with a specific focus on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Prior to this project, there was no consensus regarding best practices of online spiritual formation at the undergraduate level. Even less research existed with regard to the practices used among CCCU …
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The relationship between youth ministry involvement and faith maturity in first-year students in a Christian college
… of first-year students attending a Council for Christian Colleges and Universities affiliated school. Data for this study was gathered using a survey, developed for this study, which assessed each participant's involvement with various youth ministry spiritual growth factors as identified based …
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