Observers say the Vatican's revocation of a prominent scholar's license to teach theology at the Catholic University of America poses no immediate threat to academic freedom at other Roman Catholic colleges and universities but could make theologians at those institutions hesitate to express opinions. (MSE)

Describes the instructional approach and philosophy of the Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension (LIMEX) in New Orleans, offering master's degrees and certificates in religious education. Focuses on the use of intentional learning communities of 8 to 17 students working communally and LIMEX's definitions of "good learning" and…

Sketches the political context from which "Ex Corde Ecclesiae," the Papal constitution on higher education, emerged. Its most controversial provisions and the reaction in American Catholic academia are examined, norms currently under discussion are outlined, and a resolution of the issues dividing academics and the Catholic hierarchy is…

Describes a study of graduate students in pastoral ministries and religious education who are not seminarians. Reviews findings related to students' demographics and background, previous work experience, and future goals and describes practical issues related to undertaking graduate studies. Indicates that a majority of the students hoped to work…

Reviews the history of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), from its inception in 1899 to the present. Highlights World War I as a turning point for ACCU because of an increased impetus to improve the schools and their enrollments. States that near the middle of the century, Catholic higher education joined the mainstream,…

This booklet discusses school publication goals and processes, explaining how to identify and unify a school's image, and then how to project the image through a broad range of printed pieces. The booklet's 10 chapters are as follows: (1) Introduction; (2) The Importance of School Publications and Public Relations; (3) Creating and Securing a…

The mass communications discipline is a creature of sociology and technology. The result has been a hybrid of science and craft and an academic rift that has pitted theory against practice. For a while the theoreticians, through control of the doctoral credentialling process, asserted dominance of the academy, but "demassification of mass…

This book is a theological essay on education, particularly higher education in a Roman Catholic context. The book is organized as a fourfold delineation of reality, with one chapter given to each component. An introductory chapter deals with teaching, research and publication, and with theology: the Christian faith, and the difference God makes.…

Discusses a court ruling that Charles E. Curran, a tenured Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of America, had no right to continue to teach theology courses in the face of a definitive judgment by the Roman Catholic Church. (MLF)

Academics in Catholic colleges and universities are anxious about the Pope's warnings that they adhere to Catholic doctrine and avoid public dissent, fearing a threat to academic freedom. Scholars see them as a forceful declaration of long-held papal views and reflection of concern that moral teaching is in disarray. (MSE)

In 1987, the Graduate School Center for Excellence in School Administration, at Xavier University of Louisiana, initated a program to stimulate interest in the Catholic school principalship and to enhance professional development among practicing school-site Catholic administrators. The curriculum, staff, and regular admission requirements are…

In the light of the church's current social teaching, says the author, Catholic colleges and universities have a special responsibility and opportunity to develop future-responsive curricula permeated by a commitment to peace and justice. (Editor/LBH)

History of change from innovative Catholic girls' college to newly laicized and coeducational college with survival problems. (Editor/IR)

Discusses the differences between private religious and secular colleges, concentrating on moral tone, faculty commitment, and student and parent expectations. Sees Jesuit colleges adjusting to new social, economic, and demograhic situations, yet losing enrollment to subsidized public institutions. Argues that they contribute distinct values to…

Academic freedom, the relationship of the Catholic university to academic freedom, Roman Catholic theology and academic freedom, and academic freedom as related to "Sapientia Christiana" and the new code of canon law are discussed. (MLW)