Purposes and leadership in Catholic higher education are discussed to promote further dialogue among members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities on institutional roots, present institutional conditions, and future vision. Papers and authors include: Commentary on Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Catholic Higher Education (William J. Rewak); The Secularization of Western Culture and the Catholic College and University (Jude P. Dougherty, Desmond Fitzgerald, Thomas Langan, Kenneth Schmitz); The Catholic College Presidency--A Study (Louis C. Gatto); Trusteeship in the Church-Related College in the '80s (Richard T. Ingram); Emerging Corporate Models of Governance in Contemporary American Catholic Higher Education. (Martin J. Stamm). (CC)