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Faith And Learning: A Case Study Of The Ouachita Baptist University Student Body, Amy Michelle Packer
Faith And Learning: A Case Study Of The Ouachita Baptist University Student Body, Amy Michelle Packer
Honors Theses
With each new generation of students the Christian liberal arts university faces anew the question of how its faith tradition will influence its level of academic excellence. This question becomes increasingly challenging as society becomes more secularized. When the first ' universities were established in America, religion was considered the appropriate foundation of education. The work of George Marsden has shown, however, that by their very structure these universities would guarantee the eventual exclusion of religion altogether? Many in the church related university have similarly excluded religion from the academic environment. In the shadow of increasingly secular universities, the church-related …
A Study Of Transfer Students On Academic Probation, Marty Mcdonald
A Study Of Transfer Students On Academic Probation, Marty Mcdonald
Honors Theses
This is a continued study of transfer students begun by an Honors Seminar fro the Fall semester, 1969. The transfers entered Ouachita on academic probation of suspension from other schools. The study covers the years from Fall, 1966--August, 1969. It was suggested that a study be conducted to determine whether Ouachita's acceptance scale helped the probationary students achieve an acceptable grade average.
A Study Of The Curriculum Of The Natural Science Division Of Ouachita Baptist University, Natural Sciences Group
A Study Of The Curriculum Of The Natural Science Division Of Ouachita Baptist University, Natural Sciences Group
Honors Theses
In our evaluation of the curriculum of the Natural Science Division, we began by reviewing the catalogue descriptions of our courses and evaluating whether the courses meet the objectives given. To do this we divided into departments since our division is so large. Next, we wrote to Hendrix, Little Rook University, Southwestern at Memphis, and State College of Arkansas and compared their course offerings with ours. In this comparison we discovered our strengths and weaknesses and changes that need to be made in our present curriculum. In several cases we decided upon possible alterations which would aid the student going …
An Analysis Of The Calculus Program, Verna Gail Ray
An Analysis Of The Calculus Program, Verna Gail Ray
Honors Theses
This paper explores the course background students' need to be successful in in calculus, and assesses Ouachita Baptist University's mathematics courses in mathematics.