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Campus life : in search of community / edited by Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream ; with Ernest L. Boyer ; foreword by David Brooks.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College students--United States.
- College students.
- College environment--United States.
- College environment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 pages)
- Edition:
- Expanded edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- In 1990 the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published a classic report on the loss of a meaningful basis for true community on college campuses--and in the nation. Now this expanded edition of Campus Life reintroduces educational leaders to the report's proposals while offering up-to-date analysis and recommendations for Christian campuses today.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword: The Cultural Value of Christian Higher Education, David Brooks
- A Note to Readers
- Editors' Acknowledgments
- Part One: Campus Life: A Recurring Challenge or Opportunity?
- Prologue: In Search of Renewal (Again), Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream
- A Christian College Beginning
- Campus Life: A Report with Soul
- The Search for Renewal (Again)
- This Volume
- Chapter One: A Purposeful Community, Mark L. Sargent and Edee Schulze
- An Institutional Mission Statement that is Widely Known and Shared
- Fulfilled Collaboratively as a Communal Activity
- So All Students Have Access and Can Achieve Their Goals
- Chapter Two: An Open Community, Randall Basinger and Kris Hansen-Kieffer
- The Prima Facie Tension
- A Typology of Colleges
- Orthodox Christian Colleges and Academic Freedom
- Quantitative Differences in Orthodox Christian Colleges
- The Added Complexity and Advantage of Privileged Beliefs
- Orthodox Christian Colleges and Students
- Conclusion
- Chapter Three: A Just Community, Brad Lau and Linda Samek
- Foundations and Priorities of a Just Community
- The Promises of a Just Community
- Challenges in Becoming a More Just Community
- Practices of a Just Community
- Portrait of a Just Community
- Chapter Four: A Disciplined Community, Stephen T. Beers and Edward Ericson III
- An Updated View of the University Landscape
- JBU as a Disciplined Learning Community
- Chapter Five: A Caring Community, Paul O. Chelsen and Margaret Diddams
- Chapter Six: A Celebrative Community, Doretha O'Quinn and Tim Young
- Learn from Institutional History
- Revise Traditions for Current Students
- Align Academic and Student Affairs
- Enhance Campus Storytelling
- Train Faculty and Staff
- Conclusion and Challenge.
- Epilogue: Walking the "Narrow Ridge" of Christian Calling and Academic Excellence, Beck A. Taylor
- Boyer's Vision for (Christian) Academic Community
- Being Purposeful on the Narrow Ridge
- Combining Openness and Faith on the Narrow Ridge
- Pursuing Justice on the Narrow Ridge
- Finding Discipline on the Narrow Ridge
- Caring for Others on the Narrow Ridge
- Celebrating on the Narrow Ridge
- Part Two: Campus Life: by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1990)
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Ernest L. Boyer
- Prologue: Search for Renewal
- Chapter One: A Purposeful Community
- Chapter Two: An Open Community
- Chapter Three: A Just Community
- Chapter Four: A Disciplined Community
- Chapter Five: A Caring Community
- Chapter Six: A Celebrative Community
- Epilogue: Compact for Community
- Appendix A: National Survey of College and University Presidents, 1989
- Appendix B: National Survey of Chief Student Affairs Officers, 1989
- Appendix C: Technical Notes
- Appendix D: Carnegie Classifications
- Discussion Guide
- Foreword and Prologue
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Epilogue
- Contributors
- Index
- Notes
- Part 1-Prologue
- Part 1-Chapter 1
- Part 1-Chapter 2
- Part 1-Chapter 3
- Part 1-Chapter 4
- Part 1-Chapter 5
- Part 1-Chapter 6
- Part 1-Epilogue
- Part 2-Prologue
- Part 2-Chapter 1
- Part 2-Chapter 2
- Part 2-Chapter 3
- Part 2-Chapter 4
- Part 2-Chapter 5
- Part 2-Chapter 6
- Part 2-Epilogue
- Praise for Campus Life
- About the Editors
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- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8308-6523-3
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