A Phenomenological Study of the Role of Institutional Debt in the Mid-America Region of ACSI
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Beck, John Robert
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Cartwright, John B
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Liberty University
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2020
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Ed.D.
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Liberty University
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2020
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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to inductively explore and understand how school leadership's views on institutional debt impacted its use at Christian kindergarten-twelfth grade (K-12) schools in the Mid-America Region of the Association of Christian Schools International (MAR-ACSI). Institutional debt was generally defined as large and reoccurring expenses such as mortgages for school buildings. The qualitative research theory guiding this study was transcendental phenomenological reduction articulated by Clark Moustakas (1994) in his Phenomenological Research Methods. The Moustakas model provided an effective way to explore the gap in the literature found about how institutional debt impacted the planning and implementation processes of school principals.