This study assessed the integration of faith and learning among alumni of Taylor University. In particular, this study assessed the ability of Taylor University alumni to integrate their faith into their current occupation. Based on the Christian worldview literature, a 52-item survey was developed and mailed to a stratified random sample of 960 graduates of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Those responding to the survey were 397 (41%) alumni who graduated from Taylor between 1983 and 1993. The perceived worldview was measured by the level of agreement with 12 Christian theistic statements. Faith integration was measured by the frequency of engagement in 15 faith practice statements. The respondents were asked to rank, on a scale from 1 to 10, their agreement with the worldview statements and rank, on a scale from 1 to 9, the frequency of the faith practice statements in their work lives. To avoid assessing alumni by responses to the individual statements, each of these multi-rankings were collapsed into a mean score, one mean to represent worldview perception and another mean to represent frequency of integration. The means for the two categories were then compared by various groups. The data tended to suggest that graduates of Taylor generally perceived the world around them from a Christian worldview perspective. The data also indicated that the graduates perceived themselves as frequently practicing their faith in the workplace. When the graduates were asked to rank the level of influence various groups had in helping them understand how their faith relates to their current occupation, family, peers, and faculty in their major were perceived as most influential. |