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Ostrander, Rick – Christian Higher Education, 2015
We are currently experiencing a global revolution in Christian higher education. As chronicled in Carpenter, Glanzer, and Lantinga's 2014 volume titled "Christian Higher Education: A Global Reconnaissance," Christian universities are expanding rapidly around the globe. My institution, Cornerstone University, has been involved in this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Reflection, Christianity
Sands, Edward Wilfrid; Berends, Willem – Christian Higher Education, 2012
This paper examines the foundation and development of universities in Australia and New Zealand and demonstrates how these universities were established on a secular basis. Educators from other continents with a mainly Christian history are often surprised that there is so little evidence of Christian input into the university sector in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Educational History, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
Esqueda, Octavio J. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
This article provides an overview of the main Protestant theological seminaries in Cuba: Western Cuba Baptist Seminary, Cedars of Lebanon Seminary, The New Pines Evangelical Seminary, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center, Nazarene Theological Seminary and International School of Theology. The history and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Christianity, Protestants, Church Related Colleges
Esqueda, Octavio J. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
This article provides a summary of the Cuban Revolution and its implications and consequences for Christian higher education in Cuba. Christian institutions experienced the same oppression from the communist revolution as the rest of the evangelical denominations during the sixties and seventies. The worst period for Protestantism began in 1965…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Systems, Conflict, Christianity
Esqueda, Octavio J. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
This article presents an overview of the Eastern Cuba Baptist Theological Seminary. The seminary was founded in the city of Santiago de Cuba, on October 10, 1949, by the Eastern Baptist Convention. The seminary exists to provide training for pastors in the Eastern Baptist Convention. The school offers a four-year program leading to a bachelor in…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Philosophy
Tan, Christine J. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
A study was conducted of all Christian theological seminaries and divinity schools in the United States and Canada. The search was for Christian higher education courses, programs, and degrees offered by these graduate schools. Only a few schools offer courses per se in Christian higher education. Eight schools offered courses of instruction…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Theological Education, Christianity
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