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100			_aDuncan, Tommy LeRoy _92845
245			_aExplaining Decisions And Gauging Impacts:
245			_bFaculty And Administrator Perspectives On The Alternative Delivery Of Theological Education At Three Protestant Seminaries
245			_cDuncan, Tommy LeRoy
260			_aUSA
260			_bUniversity of Arizona
260			_c2005
505			_aCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION............ 14 A. THE PROBLEM.................... 14 B. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY. 19 C. SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY.................... 22 D. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS...................... 24 1. The Pursuit of Prestige and Status............ 24 2. Institutional Culture...... 24 3. Market Behavior.......................26 E. RESEARCH QUESTIONS.............? F. THE THREE SEMINARIES IN THIS STUDY: PROFILES.......29 1. Fuller Theological Seminary....... 33 2. Concordia Seminary.....37 3. Covenant Theological Seminary...... 39 G. METHODOLOGY..........;....................41 1. Data Sources.................41 2. Data Collection..........................43 3. Data Analysis and Interpretation.......45 H. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY.........................46 I. ABOUT THE RESEARCHER..49 J. ORGANIZATION OF THE DISSERTATION......................54 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW...........55 A. INTRODUCTION.................55 B. SECTION ONE: GENERAL & SPECIFIC LITERATURES......57 1. Seminary Literature....................58 2. Non-Traditional Students & Alternative Delivery Approaches..65 3. Strategic Planning, Academic Program Planning, & Decision-Making..........79 C. SECTION TWO: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS................86 1. The Pursuit of Prestige and Status.86 2. Institutional Cultures..88 3. Three Protestant Cultures: Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, and Evangelicalism...92 4. Evangelical Protestantism or "Evangelicalism"..................107 5. Market Forces in Higher Education..............111
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