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A Case Study of the Educational Leadership of Elmer Towns CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Liberty University Digital Commons Scholars Crossing Faculty Publications and Presentations School of Divinity 5-2018 Reframing Higher Education: A Case Study of the Educational Leadership of Elmer Towns David Edgell Liberty University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/sod_fac_pubs Recommended Citation Edgell, David, "Reframing Higher Education: A Case Study of the Educational Leadership of Elmer Towns" (2018). Faculty Publications and Presentations. 47. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/sod_fac_pubs/47 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Divinity at Scholars Crossing. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Reframing Higher Education: A Case Study of the Educational Leadership of Elmer Towns A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest, North Carolina In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education by David Edgell May 2018 © 2018 David Milton Edgell This Dissertation was prepared and presented to the Faculty as a part of the requirements for the Doctor of Education degree at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina. All rights and privileges normally reserved by the author as copyright holder are waived for the Seminary. The Seminary Library may catalog, display, and use this Dissertation in all normal ways such materials are used for reference and for circulation, including on-line computer access, and other means by which library materials are or in the future may be made available to researchers and library users. ii iii APPROVAL SHEET REFRAMING HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF ELMER TOWNS David Milton Edgell Read and Approved by: J. Gregory Lawson J. Gregory Lawson, J.D., Ed.D., Ph.D. (Committee Chair) Kenneth S. Coley Kenneth S. Coley, Ed.D. (Faculty Reader) Date: April 9th, 2018 iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The completion of a research paper of this magnitude happens as the result of many persons challenging an author to lead forward in the use of research results to display the leadership principles and behaviors of an accomplished leader. Many persons have invested in this project to allow its forward movement and to give the author an opportunity to display a better understanding of educational leadership. First, I would like to thank the faculty at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary for their efforts to equip me as a leader. The completion of this project marks the end of two degrees from the seminary. I would like to thank Dr. Greg Lawson as a mentor, friend and encourager. He was consistent in his calls and never failed to move me forward in my efforts. I would like to thank Dr. Ken Coley for always challenging me to continue through the difficult times and for his willingness to see me persevere. I would like to thank Dr. Gabriel Etzel for his diligence in bringing his years of experience with Liberty University to this project. I would like to thank Elmer Towns for his generosity regarding his time in personal meetings and interviews, for granting access to personal records and archives and for encouraging me to finish well. I would like to thank the office personnel at the School of Religion at Liberty University. They were professional and excellent in their efforts to provide information and guidance. In addition, I am grateful to the faculty of Liberty University for welcoming my interviews and for their gracious hospitality. The v staff of the Jerry Falwell Library, Jerry Falwell Museum and The Carter Glass Mansion were outstanding in their assistance and generosity in multiple ways. I am grateful for the three churches that have invested in me for the duration of my education at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Hephzibah Baptist Church in Wendell, North Carolina; Petsworth Baptist Church in Gloucester, Virginia; and First Baptist Church of Suffolk, Virginia, were gracious in their willingness to allow me to engage in this project and to encourage me toward its completion. Rev. Bill Sanderson, Dr. Dennis Hollandsworth, and Dr. Thurman Hayes, Jr., were the pastors with whom I served and from whom I received many challenges. I would like to thank the friends with whom I persevered during the research and writing of this project. My EDD cohort friends Tim Trillet, Ray Summerlin, and Clay Fogler were constant encouragers to me keep moving forward and to persevere in the end. Lynn Writtenbury, Marvin Butler, Phillip Herring Buddy Scarboro and Ronnie Rountree were friends that called, texted, and provided resources for this project to find a final form. The completion of this project is due to the consistent and loving efforts of my wife, Suleah Edgell, and my children Truett and Shelby. They never stopped believing in me and made major sacrifices of vacations and weekend trips to allow me to work on my “writing project.” They saw the potential with their father and husband and drew it out by their love and encouragement. Finally, I dedicate this project to my late father, Archie Edgell, who was a supporter of the Old-Time Gospel Hour and an early contributor to Liberty University as he believed in the necessity of “Training Champions for Christ.” vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS x LIST OF FIGURES xi ABSTRACT xii Chapters 1. RESEARCH CONCERN 1 Introduction to the Research Problem 8 Research Purpose 13 Conceptual Framework 14 Research Questions 16 Delimitations of Study 17 Research Assumptions 19 Terminology 20 Procedural Overview 22 Significance of Study 23 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 26 History of Christian Higher Education 27 Leadership in Organizations 43 vii Background and Role Models 73 University as a Complex Organization 82 Reframing Organizations 105 3. METHODOLOGICAL DESIGN 118 Research Questions and Synopsis 118 Research Framework 120 Research Design Overview 121 Data Analysis Strategies 128 Delimitation of the Study 129 Contribution of the Research 130 4. REASEARCH FINDING: PORTRAITS 133 Profile of the Dean 134 University as Complex Organization 153 Leadership 185 5. RESEARCH FINDING: REFRAMING 197 Structure 198 Politics 205 Human Resource 226 Symbols 238 6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 245 The Research Purpose 245 Research Questions 246 Implications of Research 246 viii Applications of Research 252 Suggestions for Further Research 254 Conclusions 255 APPENDIX 258 RERFERENCES 265 ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AABC Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges AD Academic Dean CAO Chief Academic Officer CSER Community Service Department DTS Dallas Theological Seminary GA Graduate Assistant LBC Lynchburg Baptist College LU Liberty University LUSOLLL Liberty University School of Life Long Learning MBC Midwestern Bible College MRE Master of Religious Education SACS Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SMU Southern Methodist University SOR B.R. Lakin School of Religion TRBC Thomas Road Baptist Church x LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 1 Situational Leadership 49 Figure 2 Managerial Grid 52 Figure 3 Reframing Structural 110 Figure 4 Reframing Political 112 Figure 5 Reframing Human Resource 114 Figure 6 Reframing Symbols 116 xi ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: REFRAMING HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF ELMER TOWNS David Milton Edgell, Doctor of Education Candidate, 2018 Committee: Dr. J. Gregory Lawson, J.D., Ph.D. (Chairperson) Dr. Kenneth Coley, Ed.D.(Second Reader) The purpose of this qualitative, single case study is to examine the leadership traits of Elmer Towns and the strategies employed as co-founder of Liberty University. In order to accomplish this purpose, this study will assess the behavioral traits, work habits, communication patterns, and organizational concepts he employed as the Dean of the School of Religion at Liberty University. The “Portraits of Leadership” pattern is defined by viewing the university as a complex organization through which leadership behaviors and traits are manifested as a part of managing the governance structure, the internal operations, and the academic functions of the institution. The case study method is employed by the examination of the leader’s background, formal education, influence of mentors, and defining events. The case study is individual in its focus and seeks to analyze the leadership behaviors of Towns in the context of the “Reframing Patterns” of higher education leadership of Lee Bolman and Joan Gallos. The data from the study is organized into the xii concepts of reframing and identifies four frames of academic leadership in which administrators of higher education often function. The data from documents, interviews, and observations are placed in four framing categories and serve as chapter headings in the research findings: Structure, Politics, Human Resource, and Symbols. The research design for the case study uses three methods of research. The first method is document research. The study examines books and articles written by Towns in order to find leadership principles identified as essential to an organization. They also serve to identify situations and events related to the history and the function of the school. Documents related to the school and to the faculty are examined for communication and organizational factors.
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