Christ-animated graduate education in America: Can we redeem a Protestant failure?

Author(s):  
Perry L Glanzer ◽  
Hina Abel ◽  
Emma Cartisano ◽  
Kevin O’Donoghue ◽  
Austin Smith ◽  
...  

Unlike the liberal arts college, American graduate education started as and continues to be a secular affair. The last four decades, however, have produced growth in both the number and quality of Christian graduate programs. The question we asked is: do American Christian institutions engage in graduate education Christianly? To answer this question for Protestants, we undertook a theologically-guided discourse analysis of the 638 graduate programs at the 41 top ranked Protestant Christian universities in the United States. In particular, we looked at the marketing, objectives, and curriculum. We found only one-third of the graduate programs demonstrated even one piece of evidence demonstrating Christian distinctiveness.

1931 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 429-435
Author(s):  
Edna E. Kramer

As a result of the recent interest and progress in teacher-training in the United States, has come the evolution of the normal school into the teachers college. The development has naturally given rise to the question of what should be done in order that the lengthened course be filled in most profitably. Whether to give additional courses in educational theory and methods of teaching, or to include courses in the content of the various subjects which students plan to teach that is, whether to make the teachers college a normal school of a "larger growth," or to convert it into the equivalent of a liberal arts college, which would lay special stress on the subjects commonly grouped under the heading "Education" — these have been the points under consideration.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diya Abdo ◽  
Krista Craven

Every Campus A Refuge is a novel initiative whereby college campuses provide housing and support to refugees navigating the resettlement process in the United States. This article details the founding and development of the Every Campus A Refuge initiative, particularly as it has been implemented at Guilford College, a small liberal arts college in North Carolina. It also details how Guilford College faculty and students are engaging in a multifaceted research study to document the resettlement experiences of refugee families who participate in Every Campus A Refuge and to determine the efficacy of the program in providing a “soft er landing” for refugees. Overall, this article aims to provide a detailed account of Every Campus A Refuge so as to show how such a program may be implemented at other college campuses.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
Diya Abdo ◽  
Krista Craven

Every Campus A Refuge is a novel initiative whereby college campuses provide housing and support to refugees navigating the resettlement process in the United States. This article details the founding and development of the Every Campus A Refuge initiative, particularly as it has been implemented at Guilford College, a small liberal arts college in North Carolina. It also details how Guilford College faculty and students are engaging in a multifaceted research study to document the resettlement experiences of refugee families who participate in Every Campus A Refuge and to determine the efficacy of the program in providing a “soft er landing” for refugees. Overall, this article aims to provide a detailed account of Every Campus A Refuge so as to show how such a program may be implemented at other college campuses.


Author(s):  
Erik Munson

The following passage is an unofficial transcript from an early 1970s post-lecture exchange between a freshman college student and a Roman Catholic nun teaching an undergraduate biology course at a small liberal arts college in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.…


2020 ◽  
pp. 216769682096611
Author(s):  
Andrea Hopmeyer ◽  
Beatrice Terino ◽  
Katarzyna Adamczyk ◽  
Darcy Corbitt Hall ◽  
Kathleen DeCoste ◽  
...  

Loneliness among emerging adults in college has been primarily attributed to real and perceived socioemotional deficits. We posit that the cognitive underpinnings of loneliness are more complex. Participants were 520 students at a small liberal arts college in the Western United States ( M age = 19.97; 69.7% women; 54.6% White) and 551 students at a large university in west-central Poland ( M age = 21.72; 74.5% women; 100% White). In both samples, attributing loneliness to deficits in friendships, not feeling connected to peers, and concerns about one’s identity and future were uniquely associated with greater loneliness. Attributing loneliness to romantic deficits was also associated with greater loneliness, but this relation was stronger for men than women. Nationality moderated the relationship between attributing loneliness to social deficits and loneliness. The results underscore that school administrators in the United States and Europe who are concerned about student mental health would benefit from a more nuanced understanding of loneliness.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Wetze

As a professor of Parasitology and Invertebrate Biology at a small, private liberal arts college in the United States, where I study the transmission ecology of trematode parasites, to date my research experience studying helminths in the Neotropical region has been limited. Of course, many parasitologists in North America and elsewhere have relatively limited exposure to neotropical helminthology beyond textbooks and the primary literature; however, based on my own experience over the last year I believe there exists great opportunity for this to change. The potential for wonderful and productive collaborations continues to increase with greater ease of travel and levels of cooperation and information-sharing. So, while by definition my own experience in Peru is unique to me, I hope that it highlights some of the opportunities for research in helminthology in Peru and thus encourages additional collaborations in the future.


2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Goode

This study explores the issues facing study abroad faculty directors at one undergraduate, liberal arts college in the United States; referred to in this article as North American College. This particular college was selected because it had been successful at recruiting its students for study abroad programs: 70% of the graduating class of 2005 studied abroad at some time during their years at NAC.


10.29007/r2dd ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi Teja Pathuri ◽  
John Killingsworth ◽  
Chris Harper

Graduate education can be utilized by working professionals as an advancement to their careers. This paper presents the results of a Delphi survey sent to 31experts in the construction industry. A survey questionnaire was developed to ask the participants about their perceptions of the relevance of the current graduate-level construction management courses in developing senior-level construction managers. A curriculum analysis of 34 graduate CM programs in the United States was conducted. The resulting data from the curriculum analysis is utilized in developing the survey questionnaire. The study is part of a larger research Delphi study that aimed at identifying the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required for senior-level managers in the construction industry. Two phases of the survey were sent to participants in this Delphi study. The results of the study indicate that the current graduate programs in construction management across the United States of America are not adequately focused on developing senior-level construction managers.


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