Presented at the 1969 NCEA Convention.

Holds that, in concentrating on the statistical differences, James Coleman in "Public and Private Schools" ignores the distinct circumstances of the two sectors of education as well as their differing student populations' economic and educational backgrounds. (JW)

Urges awareness of the potential problems of drug use in Catholic schools. Suggests that educators become informed about drug use and related problems; be alert for signs of drug use; take a preventive, supportive, and educative approach; and formulate consistent policies related to drug use among students. (WL)

The self-concepts of 2,100 children (ages 6 to 11.5 years) from disadvantaged schools in New South Wales, Australia, was explored. Comparison with a nondisadvantaged group suggests that while disadvantaged children have a more externalized, concrete, less differentiated, and less future-oriented view of self, they do not have a totally negative…

Twenty-eight Jesuit colleges were surveyed regarding their research policies and procedures in six categories: professional background information (administrators), administrative organization, useful periodicals, useful reference tools, computer applications, and research environment. This and median grant fiscal information for 1979 are…

Louvain University is divided due to conflicting languages and cultural traditions that could not coexist. As a result, two universities, the medieval university at Leuven (Dutch-speaking) and the new university at Louvain-La-Neuve (French-speaking), have been established. Both universities seem to be functioning peacefully. (LC)

The author suggests three elements of personal preparation to all Catholic educators, so that they will be comfortable in the catholicity of the school and reflective of Christ in their living and teaching: clear communication with God through prayer, sacrifice, and sharing. (Author/SJL)

The author discusses the moral and religious qualities necessary to leadership in Catholic education and the responsibilities of the Catholic educational administrator to the Church and to the family. (SJL)

In 1979, St. John's Elementary School in Lawrence, Kansas, replaced its set tuition rate with the Educational Commitment Plan, under which parents negotiate to pay as much of their child's actual education costs as they can afford. This article describes the implementation of the plan and parents' reactions to it. (SJL)

As a result of the Court's holding, employers need only show a "significant risk" of constitutional infringement to involve the courts in the dubious chore of interpreting legislative history. Available from Business Manager, Dickinson Law Review, Carlisle, PA 17013. (Author/IRT)

Examines church-state relations in educational matters in Italy from 1922 to the outbreak of World War II. Unlike Nazi Germany which could boast of nazified schools, Fascist Italy was compelled to recognize the considerable influence of Catholicism on education. (Author/KC)

Red Bank Catholic High School (New Jersey) has initiated an innovative science club called BRIM (Biological Revolution and Its Implications on Man) to inform and involve student members in recent biomedical advances and to promote critical thinking about their social and ethical implications. Club operations and financing are discussed. (Author)

Reports how, during the 1979-80 school year, Philadelphia's St. Leonard's Academy of the Holy Child successfully focused its overall curriculum on music and co-sponsored a one-day, multi-school Spring Arts Festival. (Author/SJL)

Detailed is an interview with Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame and a member of the United States delegation to the 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology, which convened to determine how science and technology can serve the purposes of social and economic development. (BT)

Explores the problems of financial support of Catholic schools and discusses recommendations on the study of Church income trends, the dissemination of more effective practices in parish financing, underlying value choices in school funding, the financing of retirement programs for religious, and a proposal for an alternative to unions in Catholic…