Cover Image

Joining the mission : a guide for (mainly) new college faculty /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: VanZanten, Susan, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2011.
Subjects:
Christian universities and colleges > United States > Faculty.
Universities and colleges > United States > Religion.
College teaching > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: the beginning of a vocation
  • What is a mission-driven institution?
  • A very brief history of Western higher education
  • Teaching: call and response
  • Teaching: brick by brick
  • The faithful professor: multiple paradigms for faith and learning
  • How outrageous is faithful scholarship?
  • Beyond professing alone: becoming an academic citizen
  • Composing a life: balance and improvisation.