Catholic Higher Education In The 1960s

Author : Anthony J. Dosen
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607523426
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catholic Higher Education in the 1960s written by Anthony J. Dosen and published by IAP. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catholic Higher Education in the 1960s is a series of cases that describes and analyzes the transitions made by representative Catholic institutions in their attempts to update their governance structures and maintain their Catholic identity in the midst of the post-Vatican II era. This book will be of interest to historians of education and Catholic education; to administrators and faculty in Catholic schools and in other religious-based institutions that seek to understand the dynamic of balancing their religious identity with their attempts at “reading the signs of the times.”

Author : Alice Gallin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Negotiating Identity written by Alice Gallin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As in her earlier study of governance change in seven Catholic colleges, one of Gallin's primary concerns is to demonstrate the complexity of the task, which rules out any simple interpretations or answers. Gallin describes the crucial impact of theological changes from Vatican II, the threat of exclusion from government funding for higher education after World War II, issues of academic freedom from differing perspectives, the transformations in student bodies and faculty loyalties, and the struggle of Catholic colleges and universities to become respected members of the American higher education community. Of special interest will be her discussion of events leading up to the issuance of Ex Corde Ecclesiae, on which debate continues."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Don Briel
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813233801
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What We Hold in Trust written by Don Briel and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The specific concern in What We Hold in Trust comes to this: the Catholic university that sees its principal purpose in terms of the active life, of career, and of changing the world, undermines the contemplative and more deep-rooted purpose of the university. If a university adopts the language of technical and social change as its main and exclusive purpose, it will weaken the deeper roots of the university’s liberal arts and Catholic mission. The language of the activist, of changing the world through social justice, equality and inclusion, or of the technician through market-oriented incentives, plays an important role in university life. We need to change the world for the better and universities play an important role, but both the activist and technician will be co-opted by our age of hyper-activity and technocratic organizations if there is not first a contemplative outlook on the world that receives reality rather than constructs it. To address this need for roots What We Hold in Trust unfolds in four chapters that will demonstrate how essential it is for the faculty, administrators, and trustees of Catholic universities to think philosophically and theologically (Chapter One), historically (Chapter Two) and institutionally (Chapters Three and Four). What we desperately need today are leaders in Catholic universities who understand the roots of the institutions they serve, who can wisely order the goods of the university, who know what is primary and what is secondary, and who can distinguish fads and slogans from authentic reform. We need leaders who are in touch with their history and have a love for tradition, and in particular for the Catholic tradition. Without this vision, our universities may grow in size, but shrink in purpose. They may be richer but not wiser.

Author : Anne Hendershott
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412813646
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Status Envy written by Anne Hendershott and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate within Catholic educational circles on whether church sponsored colleges and universities perpetuate mediocrity by giving too great a priority to the moral development of students instead of scholarship and intellectual excellence continues in this book by sociologist Anne Hendershott. She asserts that part of the reason for the crisis of faith within Catholic colleges is due to status envy--the desire to compete with the top colleges in the country. Catholic universities are generally not rated as top-notch. They are viewed as having a lower status than secular institutions, which, of course, creates resentment. Catholic universities, in turn, become more secular as they become consumed with status concerns. Detailing how this resentment manifests itself on campuses, Hendershott explains faculty and administrative attempts to distance universities from Catholic ideas and curriculum. Some have distanced themselves so far from their Catholic origins that the church no longer recognizes them as Catholic institutions. The author questions whether even determined Catholic universities will be able to avoid the pressures to become more secular. Hendershott, who clearly sympathizes with the original mission of Catholic universities, leads the reader through the earliest signs that Catholic colleges were beginning to lose their way in the 1960s, up through the ongoing issues of feminism and homosexuality and their impact. In focusing on these secular issues, colleges are denying exposure to the traditional Catholic views on subjects such as homosexuality, women's ordination, and abortion. Like all culture wars, the interaction among people defines the situation. The campus is a reflection of the greater culture between those who assert that there are no truths, only readings--and those who believe that the truths have been revealed and require constant rereading and application. It is a conflict between those dedicated to the negation of the authority of Scripture and the hierarchy of the church, and those proposing a renaissance of the Catholic intellect and a renewed appreciation of the church itself.

Author : Philip Gleason
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195356939
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contending With Modernity written by Philip Gleason and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-12-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Catholic colleges and universities deal with the modernization of education and the rise of research universities? In this book, Philip Gleason offers the first comprehensive study of Catholic higher education in the twentieth century, tracing the evolution of responses to an increasingly secular educational system. At the beginning of the century, Catholics accepted modernization in the organizational sphere while resisting it ideologically. Convinced of the truth of their religious and intellectual position, the restructured Catholic colleges grew rapidly after World War I, committed to educating for a "Catholic Renaissance." This spirit of militance carried over into the post-World War II era, but new currents were also stirring as Catholics began to look more favorably on modernity in its American form. Meanwhile, their colleges and universities were being transformed by continuing growth and professionalization. By the 1960's, changes in church teaching and cultural upheaval in American society reinforced the internal transformation already under way, creating an "identity crisis" which left Catholic educators uncertain of their purpose. Emphasizing the importance to American culture of the growth of education at all levels, Gleason connects the Catholic story with major national trends and historical events. By situating developments in higher education within the context of American Catholic thought, Contending with Modernity provides the fullest account available of the intellectual development of American Catholicism in the twentieth century.

Author : Edward J. Power
Publisher : Appleton-Century-Crofts
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catholic Higher Education in America written by Edward J. Power and published by Appleton-Century-Crofts. This book was released on 1972 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward J. Power
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Catholic Higher Education in the United States written by Edward J. Power and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alice Gallin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Independence and a New Partnership in Catholic Higher Education written by Alice Gallin and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1960s brought the beginning of a major transition for Catholic colleges and universities. This book examines the shift which transferred governance from the founding religious communities to boards of trustees composed primarily of lay men and women.

Author : Melanie Morey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199739048
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catholic Higher Education written by Melanie Morey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Catholic colleges and universities are dealing with critical questions about what constitutes Catholic collegiate identity. Based on their research, Morey and Piderit describe the present situation and offer concrete suggestions for enhancing Catholic identity, culture, and mission at all Catholic colleges and universities. The authors define the critical issues and analyze and address them by using the rich construct of culture, particularly organizational culture; and they provide four different models of how Catholic colleges and universities can operate and successfully compete as religiously distinctive institutions in the higher education market.

Author : James Heft
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197568882
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Catholic Higher Education written by James Heft and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After many years of scholarship, administrative experience and leadership in Catholic higher education, James Heft has written a book that draws upon many academic disciplines to paint a picture of the past, the current situation (challenges, strengths and weaknesses) of Catholic universities, and after identifying its foundational pillars, points the way to a future that is open to modern culture without capitulating to it, embraces Catholic intellectual traditions without fossilizing them, and presents a vision of its relationship to the hierarchy that is respectful, independent, faithful and dynamic"--