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ERIC Number: EJ513707
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
Friends, Brothers, and Some Sisters: Using Cultural Research to Guide the Merger of Two Seminaries.
Kuh, George D.; Robinson, Brenda M.
Review of Higher Education, v19 n1 p71-92 Fall 1995
Based on a year-long cultural study, undertaken for the 1994 merger of Bethany Theological Seminary (Illinois) and Earlham School of Religion (Indiana), this essay describes distinctive aspects of the two institutional cultures, identifies potential cultural conflicts, and discusses the implications and benefits of using cultural research to guide institutional policy and practice. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Church Related Colleges, College Environment, Culture Conflict, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Mergers, Organizational Climate, Policy Formation, Program Descriptions, Research Methodology, Theological Education
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bethany Theological Seminary IL; Earlham College IN