Catholic colleges and universities have achieved a prestigious place in American higher education, but at the risk of losing their religious identity. This book confronts challenges facing all members of the college community, from presidents and trustees through the faculty and deans to student-life professionals, in making a renewed commitment to that mission.
Developing the vision of Catholic higher education expressed in the Vatican statement Ex Corde Ecclesiae, these essays provide a framework for enhancing Catholic identity across the campus and in the curriculum. The contributors address significant aspects of the culture of Catholic higher education in order to prescribe the best practices that can help colleges and universities maintain their distinctive religious character and ethical vision.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Monika K. Hellwig
Preface
Religious Identity: A Critical Issue in Catholic Higher Education
John R. Wilcox
Overview: Defining a Catholic University
Introduction
Irene King
What Is a Great Catholic University?
Richard A. McCormick, SJ
What Is Meant by a "Catholic" University?
Michael J. Lavelle, SJ
The Sides of Catholic Identity
James H. Provost
Leadership and the Board of Trustees
Introduction
Irene King
The Moral Core of Trusteeship
David H. Smith
Conflicting Basic Duties
David H. Smith
Centered Pluralism: A Report of a Faculty Seminar on the Jesuit and Catholic Identity of Georgetown University
Bruce Douglass
Integrating Mission into the Life of Institutions
Mary M. Brabeck, Otherine Neisler, and Nancy J. Zollers
Hiring Faculty for Mission: A Case Study of a Department's Search
Joseph J. Feeney, SJ, Owen W. Gilman Jr., and Jo Alyson Parker
Is Jesuit Education Fulfilling Its Mission?
Vincent J. Genovesi, SJ
The Integrity of a Catholic Management Education
Michael J. Naughton and Thomas A. Bausch
The Faculty and the Disciplines
Introduction
Irene King
Catholic Higher Education: A Strategy for Its Identity
John C. Haughey, SJ
The Catholic University Project: What Kind of Curriculum does It Require?
Stephen J. Heaney
Ethics and Religion in Professional Education: An Interdisiciplinary Seminar
James L. Heft, SM
Academic Freedom and the Catholic University: One Generation after Land O'Lakes
Michael Hollerich
Teaching Sociology inthe Catholic University: Conflict, Compromise, and the Role of Academic Freedom
William J. Kinney
Catholic Studies at Catholic Colleges and Universities
Thomas M. Landy
Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas
Don J. Briel
Graduate Business Faculty in the Catholic University
Raymond N. MacKenzie
Theology and the Integration of Knowledge
Terence L. Nichols
In the Beginning Was the Word
Glenn A. Steinberg
Student Life
Introduction
Irene King
Paradigms of Justice and Love
Patrick H. Byrne
University-Community Collaborations: Shaping the Vision of Catholic Higher Education
Karen Caldwell, Mary Domhidy, Sharon Homan, and Michael J. Garazini, SJ
Measuring Moral Development: A College-Wide Strategy
Margaret G. Kender
Meeting Religious Diversity in a Catholic College
Joan Penzenstadler
Behavior to Consciousness...A Paradigm Shift
Paul Stark, SJ
Strategies for Change
Introduction
Irene King
A Most Promising Road to Take: The Values Program Process
Donald J. Kirby, SJ
Promoting an Ethical Campus Culture: The Values Audit
John R. Wilcox and Susan L. Ebbs
Index
Reviews
"A helpful source of programmatic ideas for enriching Catholic higher education, and will surely be of interest to college administrators, faculty, and trustees alike."—Thomas M. Landy, Founder, Collegium: a Colloquy on Faith and Intellectual Life
"A remarkable array of documents on Catholic higher education...Here we hear the constructive voices of people in the field, from trustees and presidents through theologians and business school teachers to student life professionals."—David O'Brien, College of the Holy Cross
About the Author
John R. Wilcox is chair and professor of religious studies at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York. Irene H. King is director of the Community Partnerships and Service Learning program at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.
Irene H. King is director of the Community Partnerships and Service Learning program at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.
