An analysis of selected factors influencing students' intensity of involvement in Baptist Student Unions
type: CreativeWork
description: Vincent Tinto (1993) asserted that student involvement has a positive impact on student educational outcomes. "Involvement with one's peers and with the faculty, both inside and outside the classroom, is itself positively related to the quality of student effort and in turn to both learning and persistence" (Tinto 1993, 71). Research by Astin (1977) and Pace (1984) suggest that involvement is positively related with student retention, student satisfaction, and student perceptions of the college experience. The purpose of the current study was to explore and understand the ways selected factors affect the intensity of students' involvement in religious-based organizations during college. The results of such research can be useful in the efforts conducted by campus ministries to positively impact the quantity and quality of student involvement in their programs. The research questions dealt with the demographic variables of a student's age, classification in school, gender, type of school attending, employment status, housing situation, and leadership status. The research questions also focused on the relationship of a student's intensity of involvement to the selected factors of the participation of a student's friends in Baptist Student Unions (BSUs), a student's relationship with the campus minister, and the BSU program emphases of discipleship, evangelism, fine arts ministries, leadership, missions, outreach, and worship. The precedent literature provided a basis for understanding collegiate ministry to students while addressing the developmental issues related to young adulthood. The theoretical framework of student involvement as well as college impact theories are discussed for the value that they exhibit to researching concerning students' intensity of involvement in BSUs. The methodological design for the study consisted of surveying BSU students from selected college campuses in Mississippi using the Campus Ministry Involvement Survey, an instrument designed…
abstract: Vincent Tinto (1993) asserted that student involvement has a positive impact on student educational outcomes. "Involvement with one's peers and with the faculty, both inside and outside the classroom, is itself positively related to the quality of student effort and in turn to both learning and persistence" (Tinto 1993, 71). Research by Astin (1977) and Pace (1984) suggest that involvement is positively related with student retention, student satisfaction, and student perceptions of the college experience. The purpose of the current study was to explore and understand the ways selected factors affect the intensity of students' involvement in religious-based organizations during college. The results of such research can be useful in the efforts conducted by campus ministries to positively impact the quantity and quality of student involvement in their programs. The research questions dealt with the demographic variables of a student's age, classification in school, gender, type of school attending, employment status, housing situation, and leadership status. The research questions also focused on the relationship of a student's intensity of involvement to the selected factors of the participation of a student's friends in Baptist Student Unions (BSUs), a student's relationship with the campus minister, and the BSU program emphases of discipleship, evangelism, fine arts ministries, leadership, missions, outreach, and worship. The precedent literature provided a basis for understanding collegiate ministry to students while addressing the developmental issues related to young adulthood. The theoretical framework of student involvement as well as college impact theories are discussed for the value that they exhibit to researching concerning students' intensity of involvement in BSUs. The methodological design for the study consisted of surveying BSU students from selected college campuses in Mississippi using the Campus Ministry Involvement Survey, an instrument designed…
author: Baker, Morris Lynn
language: en_US
keywords: Baptist Student Union--Membership., Student unions., College students--Attitudes., College students--Conduct of life., Theses Ed. D.--Christian education.
date published: 2003-05-16
date modified: 2026-07-27T21:04:39Z
provider: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary