The study described in this article was designed to assess students' faith integration (FI) learning in a mathematics writing course and its impact on service-learning (SL) as well as to understand how SL can be used to help students think in new ways about the integration of mathematics and faith. A Scholarship of Teaching and Learning…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how Christian Black males described experiences that contributed to their hardiness to graduate from college. It is not known how Christian Black males described experiences that contributed to their hardiness to graduate from college. The results aligned with Kobasa's hardiness…

This study examined the influence of three important predictors on the sexual self-efficacy of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) emerging adults (N = 592) from two SDA universities. The main multivariate technique used in this study was OLS Regression analyses. The results indicated that authoritative parenting and intrinsic religiousness were…

In higher education, inclusive excellence has become a buzz word as universities grapple with how to increase their diversity and inclusion on their campuses. Inclusive excellence is defined as, "active, intentional, ongoing engagement with diversity in interpersonal relationships, in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in the…

The purpose of this mixed-methods research study was to examine the relationships between edTPA and teacher preparedness, perceptions, and performance and to determine whether differences existed in edTPA scores based on preparation path. Participants in this research consisted of 518 teachers who graduated from a small private Christian College…

The purpose of this mixed-methods research study was to examine the relationships between edTPA and teacher preparedness, perceptions, and performance and to determine whether differences existed in edTPA scores based on preparation path. Participants in this research consisted of 518 teachers who graduated from a small private Christian College…

The United States' higher education landscape includes over 600 colleges and universities affiliated with a Christian denomination. Many of these institutions employ faculty whose worldview identities depart from the Christian ethos of the campus. The present study draws on case study data to examine how worldview minority faculty members make…

As "justice natives," today's undergraduate students are motivated to engage directly with the world around them in ways unseen throughout most previous generations. Interestingly, secular humanistic perspectives on changemaking are in keeping with a wide variety of biblical teachings and principles of Christian social thought. At the…

Student affairs professionals (SA-pros) play a critical role throughout campus life (Gaston-Gayles, Wolf-Wendel, Tuttle, Twombly, & Ward, 2005; Hirt, 2006; 2009). Although these staff are trained and responsible for LGBQ student well-being (Kezar, 2010; Kezar, Gallant, & Lester, 2011), those serving at Christ-centered institutions are…

This dissertation study explores the relationship between the presence and quality of student religious accommodation policies and non-Christian student perceptions of institutional support and welcome with the goal to improve institutional policies and campus climates for non-Christian college students in the United States. The research employed…

While the majority of students at Baptist colleges, universities, and seminaries are female, women continue to be underrepresented in senior administration roles and the faculty positions that act as precursors to leadership positions. The purpose of this study was to explore the career pathways of women who have attained senior leadership…

Colleges and universities continue to experience growth in their online programs, yet retention, persistence, and graduation rates of adult online learners remain problematic. However, only some higher education institutions offer professional development specifically on teaching adult learners online to address the long-standing issue. This…

This qualitative study explored the perceptions of college readiness reported by college sophomores from a private Christian university in the South. Data were collected from 42 participants by electronic questionnaire to investigate (a) the perceived areas of greatest and least preparedness, (b) factors perceived to influence participants'…

As the number of traditional-aged college students has declined, competition has risen. Admission counselors, who are responsible for recruiting entering students, bear the brunt of this challenge. Nowhere is recruitment more important than at tuition dependent institutions, where revenue from student charges is the financial lifeblood. These…

A quasi-experimental design was employed to (a) assess the long-term impact of study abroad, service-learning, community service, and cultural coursework as alternative methods of expanding long-term global awareness among college students, and (b) evaluate the predictive validity of a standard secular assessment tool at a rural Christian college.…