Catholic education is a ministry of the Catholic Church and a primary means of evangelization. The ministry of development, an integral part of Catholic education, is basically one of developing people and helping them to grow. The chief administrator is pivotal in this ministry and is responsible for quality Catholic education, sound business…

This paper provides the results of a survey of 65 students at Cardinal Stritch College (Wisconsin), a Catholic liberal arts college, in regard to religious and moral values, and compares the results to data from a national survey of over 5,000 students at 68 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) institutions. It also discusses…

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…

One of the most important questions facing Catholic schools today is how can these schools meet the needs of today's and tomorrow's culture and become a living faith community. Evidence suggests that Catholic high schools have a common mission of academic excellence, faith development, and a sense of community; academic, co-curricular, and…

Parish elementary schools in the United States have a governance structure that often precipitates conflict. The principal is the designated leader of the school, the educational administrator, and the supervisor of the faculty and students. By canon law, however, the pastor of the parish remains ultimately responsible for the spiritual and…

A discussion of the empirical research approach and presentation of eight possible alternatives for Catholic education: continue mindlessly, high school concentration, early childhood "mothering" education, critical period religious education, adult religious education, moral and value education, urban education concentration, and human…

This paper reports on Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the United States. It gives statistical information on schools, enrollment, and faculty with a 10-year overview. The historical statistics include tables listing schools, pupils, and teachers by diocese, state, and region. Information was gathered from 161 diocesan offices, with…

Points out the number of cultural groups within the rubrick "Asian-American," offers demographic data about these groups, and provides a broad portrait of the cultural characteristics and values of Asian Americans. (DMM)

Uses data from two national surveys of Catholic high schools to address what types of schools have development programs, what types of development programs do they have, and how the programs vary according to school characteristics. Finds that most schools engaged in some sort of development activity, with 84 percent undertaking fund-raising…

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.…

Ten exemplary program descriptions arose from the 1998 conference hosted by Selected Programs for Improving Catholic Education (SPICE), an organization created to assist Catholic school leaders to choose and replicate programs that successfully meet the needs of the contemporary Catholic school. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the annual…

This statistical profile is a followup to a previous National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors' (NPCD) study of catechetical leadership. Since 1985, the NPCD, which is a professional association of approximately 1,700 parish catechetical/religious education leaders, has surveyed parish Directors to profile their training and…

Baltimore, Maryland's parochial school system includes 27 schools serving 48 parishes in a network of eight school clusters organized around the primary-middle school concept. (DS)