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The Christian higher education landscape confuses many people. Parents, students, staff, and faculty have long needed a rating system to explain the variety of approaches Christian colleges and universities take as they educate and train students. This guidebook introduces the Operationalizing Christian Identity Guide (OCIG), a comprehensive tool that identifies, ranks, and evaluates the significant ways Christian colleges and universities operationalize their Christian identity to make mission, marketing, membership, curriculum, cocurricular, and other decisions. Those who care about the future of Christian higher education will find this extensive research project invaluable. This book provides access to an online spreadsheet of OCIG scores updated in real-time for all Christian colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. -- back
About the author
Perry L. Glanzer is a Professor at Baylor University, a Resident Scholar with the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, and Editor-in-Chief of
Christian Scholar's Review. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including
Identity in Action. Theodore F. Cockle is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Baylor University and a Resident Scholar with Baylor's Center for School Leadership. He is coauthor of
Christ-Enlivened Student Affairs (ACU Press, 2020) and serves as the editor of Ideas, an online publication of the Association of Christians in Student Development (ACSD).
Jessica Martin is currently earning her PhD in Higher Education Studies & Leadership at Baylor University. She holds an MA in Higher Education & Student Affairs and has over eight years of experience in various Christian higher education settings.
