From 1852 to 1978, or a period of one hundred and twenty-six years, 102 Christian colleges were established in Florida. Currently, there are 27 originally licensed and accredited Christian colleges of Florida in existence. This raises the question of why so many have failed. / The purpose of this study was to determine the common ingredients and characteristics that were shared by those institutions which succeeded and by those which failed. / Action research, using the historical method, was applied in this study. / Factors associated with success and failure of independent colleges were discussed using related literature of a national origin. This was then compared to what is happening to Christian colleges in Florida. / Background information is given regarding Christian colleges and a brief history of the oldest surviving Christian colleges of Florida is given. / The Christian colleges of Florida studied are identified and their purposes and/or origins are discussed. / The identified colleges were placed into Hertzler's "life-cycles" of social institutions to aid in discovering the stages in development in which they presently exist. By placing the colleges into stages of development, it made it much easier to identify common ingredients and characteristics shared by these institutions. It also helped to identify common problems faced by these institutions. / A questionnaire was sent to the presidents of the twenty-seven Christian colleges and the following information was ascertained: (1) The top five problems that your institution has faced since it was established. (2) Name any First Order Problems that may threaten the survival of the institution. (3) What are the five greatest strengths of your institution that contributes to its continued survival. / Research information from the State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities identifies the deceased Christian colleges of Florida and their reasons for ceasing operations from 1972 to 1978. / Based on the accumulation of information mentioned, ingredients and characteristics of surviving Christian colleges and also deceased Christian colleges are identified. / This should be extremely valuable information to newly formed and struggling Christian colleges in particular and to all Christian colleges in general. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-01, Section: A, page: 0105. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74391 |
| Contributors | ROBERTS, JOHN GERALD., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 174 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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