A university for the people
Subtitle: a history of the Institute for Christian Studies
By: Robert E. VanderVennen.
Publisher: Dordt College Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sioux Center, IA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780932914750
Subjects: Institute for Christian Studies (Toronto) -- History; Christian education, Higher -- Canada; Dutch -- Canada -- Education (Higher)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-273).
Table of contents: title: Foreword /  Richard J. Mouw; title: The beginnings; title: Setting up the Institute; title: The Institute opens; title: Growth and turbulence in the Early Seventies; title: The professors and their courses; title: The broader context for academic courses; title: Books as a vehicle for leadership; title: Wedge and book publishing; title: Educational services; title: Curriculum Development Centre and Patmos Art Gallery; title: Administrative structure and institutional leadership; title: The rough road of controversy; title: Development for the Institute; title: Finances; title: Accreditation and relations with other schools; title: Institute appraisal and influence; title: Today and tomorrow; title: Appendices: The Institute Basic and Educational Creed ; Speakers for annual summer student conferences, 1959-1969 ; Summer academic conferences, workshops and seminars ; Books co-published for the Institute by University Press of America between 1983-1997.