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Starcher, Richard L. – Christian Higher Education, 2006
Seminaries and graduate schools of theology in many non-Western contexts are launching new doctoral programs. Many of these schools are younger and smaller than their Western counterparts and function in contexts with less developed infrastructures. Are they ready to offer doctorates? This case study seeks to answer that question with regard to…
Descriptors: Theological Education, Doctoral Programs, Case Studies, Readiness
Starcher, Richard L.; Stick, Sheldon L. – Christian Higher Education, 2005
This study juxtaposes the graduate profile of Africans holding a theological doctorate against faculty traits desired by institutional leaders and the actual work done by faculty members in African theological colleges. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with nine participants currently working in African theological colleges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Theological Education, Graduates
Starcher, Richard L. – Christian Higher Education, 2004
Over the years, thousands of students have left Africa to pursue theological doctorates in Christian institutions of higher learning around the world. The study reported in this paper endeavored to understand their experiences and articulate their needs and aspirations. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 23 African students…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory
Starcher, Richard L. – Christian Higher Education, 2004
While students from many non-Western contexts continue to stream to Europe and North America to pursue theological doctoral degrees, new theological doctoral programs are springing up around the world. Many of these new programs appear to be adopting (more or less uncritically) one or another of the Western models of doctoral program design.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Philosophy, Program Design, Doctoral Programs