Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 
Campus Life 
In Search of Community

In 1990, under the direction of Ernest Boyer, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published a classic report on the loss of a meaningful basis for true community on college campuses—and in the nation. Now this expanded edition of Campus Life: In Search of Community reintroduces educational leaders to the Boyer report's proposals while offering up-to-date analysis and recommendations for Christian campuses today. Editors Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream have assembled pairs of academic and student-development leaders from top Christian colleges to offer a hopeful update on the practical contributions of Christian higher education to the practice of community. This volume includes new chapters, the long out-of-print Boyer report in its entirety, and a discussion guide to facilitate team conversations. Higher education now stands at a critical point, yet the contributors to this expanded edition of Campus Life see current challenges as an opportunity to revive Boyer’s commitment to its formative power. Contributors include:

– Mark L. Sargent and Edee Schulze of Westmont College
– Randall Basinger and Kris Hansen-Kieffer of Messiah College
– Brad Lau and Linda Samek of George Fox University
– Stephen T. Beers and Edward Ericson III of John Brown University
– Paul O. Chelsen and Margaret Diddams of Wheaton College
– Doretha O'Quinn and Tim Young of Vanguard University Christian higher education now stands at a critical point, yet the contributors to this expanded edition of Campus Life see current challenges as an opportunity to revive Boyer's commitment to understanding the formative power of Christian higher education.

Table of Content

Foreword: The Cultural Value of Christian Higher Education (David Brooks)
A Note to Readers
Editors’ Acknowledgments
Part One: Campus Life—A Recurring Challenge or Opportunity?
Prologue: In Search of Renewal (Again) (Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream, Taylor University)
1. A Purposeful Community (Mark L. Sargent and Edee Schulze, Westmont College)
2. An Open Community (Randall Basinger and Kris Hansen-Kieffer, Messiah College)
3. A Just Community (Brad Lau and Linda Samek, George Fox University)
4. A Disciplined Community (Stephen T. Beers and Edward Ericson III, John Brown University)
5. A Caring Community (Paul O. Chelsen and Margaret Diddams, Wheaton College)
6. A Celebrative Community (Doretha O’Quinn and Tim Young, Vanguard University)
Epilogue: Walking the ‘Narrow Ridge’ of Christian Calling and Academic Excellence—Beck A. Taylor, Whitworth University
Part Two: Campus Life by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1990)
Tables
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Ernest L. Boyer
Prologue: In Search of Renewal
1. A Purposeful Community
2. An Open Community
3. A Just Community
4. A Disciplined Community
5. A Caring Community
6. A Celebrative Community
Epilogue: Compact for Community
Appendix A: National Survey of College and University Presidents, 1989
Appendix B: National Survey of Chief Student Affairs Officers, 1989
Appendix C: Technical Notes
Appendix D: Carnegie Classifications
Discussion Guide
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index

About the author

Todd C. Ream serves at Indiana Wesleyan University as professor of humanities, executive director of faculty research and scholarship, and a senior fellow for the Lumen Research Institute.