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The Changing Catholic College (Hardcover)
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Almost all of America's private colleges and universities started
out as denominational schools, but connections with sponsoring
churches gradually attenuated over the last century. Only
fundamentalist Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic
Church still maintain colleges and universities closely tied to the
spirit of their denominations. Catholic higher education is the
largest of these systems, producing a significant proportion of
America's college graduates, trained professionals, and doctorates.
Andrew M. Greeley argues that Catholic schools are no better and no
worse than the vast majority of American higher educational
institutions. He chooses a sample of schools varying in the degree
to which changes are evident, without revealing this key to his
investigator team. Greeley and his field team then visit the
schools, interviewing significant segments of each, and
characterize each in terms of recent growth and elements which are
critical in fostering and supporting such changes. Greeley briefly
summarizes information on the history of Catholic higher education.
He then furnishes descriptions of three rapid-improvement, three
medium-improvement, and three low-improvement schools. In a
summary, he provides evidence that the quality of administrative
leadership predicts academic improvement in a Catholic college or
university. In the final sections, Greeley reviews the
administrations, faculties, and student bodies at Catholic colleges
and universities, and offers general observations about the outlook
for Catholic higher education in the United States.
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