TY - BOOK AU - Meyer,Albert J. TI - Realizing our intentions: a guide for churches and colleges with distinctive missions SN - 9780891128137 (electronic bk.) AV - LC383 .M46 2009eb U1 - 070.92 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Abilene, Tex. PB - Abilene Christian University Press KW - Church and college KW - United States KW - Christian universities and colleges KW - Administration KW - fast KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-28/7); Longer-term trends -- Recent developments -- Secularization -- Organizational dynamics -- Generalizations from experience -- The recent past and the present situation -- Curriculum: a different "what?" -- Instruction: a different "how?" -- Why might some churches want schools that are different? -- Intentional "secularization" -- Diversity, pluralism, and community -- Academic freedom -- Faculty teams for distinctive missions -- A student peer environment that furthers the mission -- Missions that guide decision-making -- Trustees that hold in trust the long-term future -- Presidents who implement the long-term mission -- Churches that want schools with a difference -- Intervening in the system -- Epilogue: what are the prospects? UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=514404 ER -