Statement issued by the NCEA Department of School Superintendents on May 1, 1969.

To determine whether the diocesan newspapers of the Catholic church are based on an autonomous, adversarial model or on an institutional, public relations model of the press, a survey was conducted of 148 editors and 145 bishops or publishers of such newspapers. Results showed that the editors and bishops agreed on the three major roles of the…

The author argues that morality can be taught in public schools without retreating into moral relativism and without compromising our cultural and constitutional principles of freedom of speech and the separation of church and state. The paper draws from philosophy and psychological theory to illustrate that concepts of the moral constitute a…

Purposes and leadership in Catholic higher education are discussed to promote further dialogue among members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities on institutional roots, present institutional conditions, and future vision. Papers and authors include: Commentary on Bishops' Pastoral Letter on Catholic Higher Education (William…

THE HYPOTHESIS THAT PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES ARE RELATED TO THE RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION OF A COMMUNITY WAS TESTED STATISTICALLY. EIGHTEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM A TOTAL OF 130 HAVING MORE THAN 300 PUPILS IN ADA WERE USED FOR THE STUDY. QUESTIONNAIRES ON RELIGIOUS PREFERENCES WERE SENT TO 50 RANDOMLY…

This monograph, written in 1960, examines the part prejudice played in politics throughout our national history. Part I of the monograph discusses "The Colonial Era." The immigrants that populated the new nation brought with them varied cultural heritages and different religious faiths. Soon the colonial pattern of religious prejudice reflected…

This publication ends by offering a self study booklet to assist those in Catholic schools in drafting a practical and effective statement of their school's philosophy. The chapters that precede it provide the background and context of the self study booklet. In this paper the "Catholic" dimension of the school's philosophy is especially…

The five papers in this volume are directed to Catholic educators. The first paper discusses the practical problems of organizing and implementing a successful retreat program for high school students. The second paper concerns the complex process of developing effective teacher evaluation instruments. It presents a survey of the literature on…

The information contained in this report was drawn from data provided by a national sample of 200 Catholic high schools. The schools were selected to reflect types (private, Catholic, diocesan, and parish schools), enrollment sizes, and geographic location. The report addresses these areas. First, information is provided to point out the financial…

This paper describes the construction and application of a framework to investigate control at the policy-making level in education. The minutes of the regular meetings of 21 school boards in British Columbia were analyzed for the period January to December of 1975. Construction of the framework involved (1) definitions of control and…

This journal issue concerns women's perspectives in several areas of communication. Cynthia J. Huyink, in "A Dramatistic Analysis of 'Sexual Politics' by Kate Millett," examines Millett's motivations and analyzes the rhetorical strategies she used to accomplish her attempt to explicate the system of patriarchy, to reveal its injustices to its…

This study examined the ethnic background, recency of immigration, and college aspirations of the Catholic high school seniors in the Test Every Senior Project and explored the relationships of these factors to achievement. Data concerning 5,705 Catholic high school seniors in the Cleveland diocese were gathered. Through the demographic data,…

THE STATUS OF INTEGRATION IN THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IS REVIEWED. NEGRO CATHOLICS COMPRISE 14 PERCENT OF THE NEGRO POPULATION IN WASHINGTON, YET THE INTEGRATION RATIO IN THE 45 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IS ONLY 30 PERCENT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND 8 PERCENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. SOME PROBLEMS IN ACHIEVING RACIAL BALANCE ARISE BECAUSE…