Examines the changes in policy made by Catholic newspapers in America since 1822. (RB)

In this article, Rev. Frank Bredweg, director of NCEA's Special Projects, was interviewed about the present state of Catholic school finances and the "feasible" financial support options open to administrators. (Author/RK)

This article examines the differences among parents who send their children to parochial schools. The results indicate that middle and upper-middle class parents send their children to parochial schools for religious reasons, while lower-middle and working class parents send their children to parochial schools for mobility-related reasons. (DE)

The character of the Catholic school curriculum is affected by how people learn, what elements are included in a curriculum, how Catholic schools are unique, how curricula are developed and implemented, and what teachers and administrators need. The first of this booklet's six chapters describes psychomotor, cognitive, and affective learning.…

Intended to enable Catholic educators to evaluate the reading progress of their students compared to the nation as a whole, this report presents reading achievement data for nearly 6,000 Catholic school students out of 20,000 students in grades 4, 8, and 11, assessed in 1983-84 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The…

Clergymen are regarded by their congregations as having the authority to influence church members and clergymen are expected to exert influence. Three types of clerical authority have been identified: charismatic, traditional, and legal-rational. The common assumption that people select power strategies that are consistent with their perceptions…

Designed to provide literature about the Alberta Catholic education community, this collection of six essays discusses Blueprints, a nickname for a process to develop programming for the future mission and ministry of the Alberta Catholic schools. The essays cover the following topics: Our History, Our Future (by Robert Carney); Christian Unity…

This bulletin examines the attributes of private school teachers (gender, race, academic degrees, years of experience, employment status, and age), by school characteristics such as religious orientation, level of instruction, size, years of operation, and tuition rates. Results of a survey obtained from private school principals and teachers are…

A professional role that may be one of the most immersively demanding professions is that of the Roman Catholic priest. This internalized role creates psychological/emotional territorialities which regulate the person's sexuality, societal status, professional rituals/behaviors, social interrelationship expectations, and work rituals. The…

Exploratory research suggests that denominational preferences, fundamentalism, and church attendance are related to an individual's position on political issues. A review of research reveals that religious beliefs are stable, developed early in life, and are central to an individual's other orientations. Research on religious orientation is…

A pertinent problem in the area of moral development is whether most people can distinguish moral from conventional issues. Some research has shown children and adolescents consider moral (intrinsic) transgressions more serious than violations of convention. To expand this research by examining in detail the role of intrinsicality in moral…

Examines the diffusion among mostly Catholic blue-collar youth of certain countercultural values, viz. those pertaining to general orientations to life and work: 117 out of a random sample of 200 students selected from lists of 4000 liberal arts students at Loyola University completed a questionaire. (Author/JM)

Student affairs professionals are encouraged by their professional organizations to recognize the responsibility they have to their institutions by "supporting its mission, goals and policies" (American College Personnel Association [ACPA], 2006, p. 6) and by avoiding conflicts of interest between the self and the college or university (National…

A study was conducted of clergy involvement in the Boston school desegregation controversy of the mid-1970's. Data were collected from interviews with a random sample of 75 black and white Protestant and Catholic ministers in Metropolitan Boston. The research, as described in this paper, tests and lends support to the validity of a role reference…

Covers research areas that do not look promising, and research areas and methodologies that should receive future emphasis. (Author/ND)