Baylor beyond the crossroads
Subtitle: an interpretive history 1985-2005
By: edited by Barry G. Hankins and Donald D. Schmeltekopf.
Contributors: Hankins, Barry, 1956-; Schmeltekopf, Donald D.
Publisher: Baylor University
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Subjects: Baylor University -- History
Description: "Looks at the history of Baylor University from 1985-2005, including the 1986 self-study, the charter change, membership in the Big XII athletic conference, Baptist and Christian identity, competing visions, graduate education and faculty scholarship, student life, alumni relations, finances, and a critical response from a former president"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Dedicatory page; title: Introduction: Baylor 2012 in the context of Southern Baptist higher education / Barry G. Hankins; title: Baylor 2012 from the vantage point of Baylor 1986 / Robert M. Baird; title: The charter change: an uncertain future / Michael D. Beaty; title: A new aspiration and opportunity: Baylor and the big XII conference / Thomas L. Charlton; title: Baylor in the 1990s: the fading of a traditional narrative and the beginning of a controversial new vision / Larry Lyon; title: The struggle for Baylor's soul / Hunter Baker; title: The new challenge: graduate education and faculty scholarship / Donald D. Schmeltekopf; title: The changing face of campus life / Martha Lou Scott and Frank Shushok, Jr; title: Holding on to the "good old Baylor line:" alumni relations / C. Gwin Morris; title: What might have been: Baylor finances / Steven L. Green; title: Baylor beyond the crossroads: a response / Robert B. Sloan, Jr; title: Afterword / Barry G. Hankins and Donald D. Schmeltekopf; title: Contributors.