The Challenge of Change in a Christian University

Abstract

An institution may or may not choose a pattern of change it wishes, but the ingredients for change are always present. Facing the necessity of change in a Christian university is a real challenge. Change is sometimes dramatized as a disruptive force that
could destroy an organization or even society. But this is unfair, because history has shown that societies have been threatened not by change but by old and familiar crises: failure of food supply, disease, hostility of neighboring societies, competition from
superior technologies, inner decay. In such cases, innovation may increase the chances of survival of a threatened system.