TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kallgren,Robert Carl
TI  - Bible colleges: their present health and possible futures 
AV  - BV1467 .B535 1988
PY  - 1988///
KW  - Christian education
KW  - United States
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Bible colleges
N1  - Typescript; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Review of Related Literature; Chapter Three: Methodology; Chapter Four: Findings; Chapter Five: Conclusions, Recommendations, and Observations; List of Tables; Bibliography: leaves 146-154; General Background --; Statement of the Problem --; Significance --; Definition of Terms --; Delimitations --; Summary; Introduction --; History of the Bible College Movement --; Introduction --; Historic Influences --; Old Testament Contributions --; New Testament Contributions --; Early Church Contributions --; Medieval Contributions --; Renaissance Contributions --; Reformation Contributions --; The New World --; The Colonial Colleges --; The Age of Enlightenment --; The Bible College Movement --; Summary --; The Nature of Bible Colleges -0- The Mission and Objectives of Bible colleges --; The Curriculum of Bible Colleges --; General Education Component --; Biblical/Theological Component --; Vocational Training Component --; A Profile of Bible College Students --; A Profile of Bible College Alumni --; Summary --; Institutional Purposes and Goals --; Historical Perspective on Institutional Purpose and Goals --; Measurement of Institutional Purpose and Goals --; Summary --; Financial Health of Higher Education Institutions --; Summary --; Chapter Summary; Introduction --; The Populations --; The Samples --; Instrumentation --; Bible College Questionnaire --; Mission Agency Questionnaire --; Christian School Leaders Questionnaire --; Church Leaders Questionnaire --; Data Collection Procedures --; Responses --; Data Compilation and Analysis --; Summary; Analysis of Institutional Health --; Introduction --; Enrollment Trends --; Full-time Equivalent Student Enrollment --; New Student Enrollment --; Summary --; Financial Condition --; Summary --; Summary --; Perspective on the Future of Bible Colleges --; Introduction --; Mission and Purpose --; Emphases --; Vocational Programs --; Sponsored Ministries --; Student Body Profile --; Skills and Competencies --; Personal Perspective --; Mission --; Programs --; Problems --; Relationships --; Future --; Fundamental Problems --; Summary --; Prospectie of Employers of Bible College Graduates --; Introduction --; Mission Leaders --; Educational Profile of Missionary Candidates --; Projecting Bible College Vocational Programs --; Recommendations for Bible College Emphases --; Personal Perspective on the Bible College Movement --; Summary --; Christian Day School Leaders --; Introduction --; Current Relationship to Bible Colleges --; Teaching Credentials Required by Christian Day Schools --; Recommendations for Improving Relationships --; Between Bible Colleges and Christian Day Schools --; Summary --; Church Leaders --; Introduction --; Educational Credentials for New Pastors --; Availability of Pastorates for Recent Bible College Graduates --; Availability of Church Leadership Roles for Bible College Graduates --; Personal Perspective on Bible Colleges --; Summary --; Chapter Summary; Introduction --; Conclusions --; Institutional Health of Bible Colleges --; Presidents' Perspective on the Future of Bible Colelges --; Employers' Perspective on the Future of Bible Colleges --; Summary --; Recommendations for Future Research --; Observations --; Summary; Founding of Bible Colleges and Institutes by Decade --; Comparison of Objectives ("Essential" and "Very Important") for Attending College Between Bible College Freshmen and Freshmen in All Four-Year Colleges --; Content Areas in the Presidents' Perspective Questionnaire --; Summary of Distribution and Returns of Questionnaires by Group --; Enrollment Trends for Bible Colleges, Christian Liberal Arts Colleges, and Seminaries for the Years 1975-87 and 1979-87 --; Enrollment Trends of Bible Colleges by Geographical Region for the Years 1979-87 --; Enrollment Trends of Bible Colleges by Denominational Affiliation the Years 1979-87 --; Enrollment of New Students in Bible Colleges, Christian Liberal Arts Colleges, and Seminaries for the Years 1975-87 --; Years of Annual Operating Deficits of Bible Colleges for 1982-87 --; Percentage of Bible Colleges by Cumulative Current Fund Balance as a Percentage of Unrestricted Current Fund Revenue for the Year 1986-87 --; Percentage of Bible Colleges by Indebtedness as a Percetnage of the Book Value of Capital Assets for the Year 1986-87 --; Percentage of Bible Colleges by Debt Service as a Percentage of Unrestricted Current Fund Revenue for the Year 1986-87 --; Size of Endowment Funds of Bible Colleges for the Year 1986-87 --; Percentage of Bible Colleges Using Different Methods to Increase Endowment Funds --; Mean Scores of Bible College Presidents' Views of Priorities of Elements in the Mission of Bible Colleges --; Mean Scores of Bible College Presidents' Views on the Priority of Strengthening Bible College Vocational Programs --; Mean Scores of Bible College Presidents' Views on Recommended Changes in Emphasis in the Development of Specific Competencies and Skills --; Mean Scores for Mission Leaders as to Expected and Preferred Educational Qualifications of Future Mission Candidates --; Mean Scores of School Leaders as to Present Proportion and Preferred Future Proportion of Bible College Graduates in Specific Roles --; Percentage of Schools Which Require Specific Academic Credentials for Beginning Teachers and Bible Teachers; 2
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