Maintains that Catholics, despite the barriers of history, culture, and religion, have now made it" in American society; however, few people are yet aware of the occurrence and only a handful have tentative explanations for why it happened while the overwhelming majority of the American intelligentsia are not even remotely interested. (RJ)

Various aspects of the academic growth of Catholic higher education are discussed. It is concluded that Catholic higher education is not nearly as weak as it used to be but not nearly as good as it can be. Schools could be much better now than they are if the relationship between the religious order and the educational institution was clarified,…

Argues that "no one and everyone" controls Catholic schools, and that empirical investigation is needed to determine who controls any particular Catholic school. However, "the chaos of organization the obscurity of control, the general structural messiness of Catholic education doesn't seem to do much harm to anybody." (Author/JM)

The question of the evaluation of the impact of religious education is important for three reasons: (1) it is of fascinating theoretical interest to learn what are the effective means of transmitting fundamental values and what are the ineffective means; (2) it also seems appropriate to evaluate the contribution of religion to the improvement of…