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Rebecca E. V. Kaelin; Matthew K. Tucker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The group project team conducted this mixed methods case study to report findings from data collected from a Non-public School Accrediting Association in the midwestern United States and how small Catholic schools use the NSBECS to monitor the school's operational vitality. The group project team identified Standard 10 of the four Standards within…
Descriptors: National Standards, Benchmarking, School Effectiveness, Catholic Schools
Killeen, Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The most prevalent model of Catholic schools has always been and remains the parish elementary school. Catholic schools are not simply private schools but a faith based arm of a larger parish. The interconnected leadership of schools by pastors and principals is at the core of understanding the model and inseparable in long-term viability. The…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Elementary Schools, Suburban Schools, Sustainability
Ulrich, Michele – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study, using a practical action research design, examined the future of St. Mary School, a Catholic elementary school in southern Kentucky. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire consisting of 19 close-ended items and one open-ended item in order to elicit the attitudes and perceptions of the stakeholders (educational professionals,…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Catholic Schools, Elementary Schools, Action Research
Britt, Kenith C. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Limited research has been conducted on Catholic school viability (James, Tichy, Collins, & Schwob, 2008; Lundy, 1999) and Catholic school systems (Goldschmidt, O'Keefe, & Walsh, 2004). But no research studies have investigated the viability of the consolidated Catholic school system (DeFiore, Convey, & Schuttloffel, 2009). This study investigates…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Consolidated Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Hickey, Suzanne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Since the 1960s, American Catholic social institutions have struggled with issues related to their organizational and religious identities (Dosen, 2009; Gallin, 2000; Weakland, 1994). For Catholic colleges and universities, these issues are evidenced by the difficulty some institutions have with being readily able to recognize their distinctive…
Descriptors: Catholics, Church Related Colleges, Universities, Institutional Mission
Henry, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how Catholic homeschooled students navigate the college choice process. With the growth of homeschooling in the United States nearly doubling in the past eight years (Cogan, 2010), this study explored a segment of this growing population to give researchers and practitioners a deeper…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Catholics, Home Schooling, Interviews