Southern Baptist College Leaders Vow to Fight "Takeover" as Fundamentalists Seek Control of Governing Boards.

Heller, Scott

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Publication Date: 1987

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Southern Baptist College Leaders Vow to Fight "Takeover" as Fundamentalists Seek Control of Governing Boards.

Heller, Scott

Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n8 pA15-16 Oct 21 1987

Professors and administrators are vowing to fight what they call the "fundamentalist takeover" of Mercer University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The "takeovers" are seen as assaults on academic freedom. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Church Related Colleges, College Administration, Conservatism, Decision Making, Governance, Governing Boards, Higher Education, Leaders, Traditionalism, Trustees

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