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Topper, C., Telepak, G., Walters, T., & Walters, R. T. (2020, August 13). A Survey of Graduate Ministry Programs, 1992-1993.
Summary
This project was designed to provide a profile of graduate programs in ministry throughout the United States and to offer practical information for directors and administrators of these programs to use for their long- and short-range planning.
Data File
Cases: 42
Variables: 140
Weight Variable: None
Data Collection
Date Collected: Using data from 1992 fall enrollments, school representatives completed the surveys in the spring of 1993
Funded By
Sponsored by the Association of Graduate Programs in Ministry with funding from The Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Collection Procedures
Self-administered mail survey
Sampling Procedures
Surveys were sent to all member schools of the Association of Graduate Programs in Ministry. Fifty surveys were mailed and forty-two were returned for a response rate of 84 percent.
Principal Investigators
Dr. Charles Topper, Dr. Geri Telepak, Dr. Thomas Walters, Rita Tyson Walters
Related Publications
A Survey of Graduate Programs in Ministry 1992-1993. Published by the Association of Graduate Programs in Ministry, October 1993.
Note: For more information, contact Dr. Charles Topper, Director, Pastoral Ministry Institute, St. Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
