The purpose of this dissertation was to develop in students an awareness of when sex-role stereotyping occurs and the impact it has on them. It was the goal of the program to afford the students an opportunity to become more aware of the status quo regarding their socialization and broaden their outlooks of what can be. Eighty-nine fifth grade…

Five high schools and three middle schools participated in a career education project conducted during 1974-75 in the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. The program was designed to aid students in the development of maximum awareness of self and of community. During the first project year, an awareness of the concept of career education…

Christians have a limited understanding of the contemporary Jewish community in its variety, devotion, contribution to character, and perception of its heritage. This research project contrasts family cultural patterns of the Orthodox Jew to those of select white middle class Christian families in America (especially Catholics) to help foster…

In a speech before the general convention of the National Catholic Educational Association in April of 1970, then Commissioner of Education Allen spoke of a contemporary look at basic skills and of an emerging dimension of parochial education. Speaking specifically of the "Right to Read" effort, of the current attention to environmental…

The crises in education today are nowhere more critical than those in Catholic schools and are nowhere more dependent for resolution than on lay teacher militancy, labor support, and Federal Government involvement. Historically, lay teachers made up the majority of Catholic school staffs from the 18th through the mid-19th century; they seem…

The study investigated the relationship of selected situational attitudes toward food to the subcultural variables of religious locality, race, and age of homemakers in 2 Louisiana communities. A systematic random sample of 362 homemakers from an Anglo-Saxon Protestant community and a French Catholic community was used. Communities were selected…

The question of an interaction over time between ability grouping and personality variables was the focus of the present study which examined pertinent data from 260 female high school students. Two standardized personality instruments, in addition to several scales designed by the E's, were administered to students of the upper and lower ability…

Several public policy issues, particularly the ebb and flow of nonpublic school enrollment at elementary and secondary levels and the causes and implications of those fluctuations, were studied. The research consisted of a state-wide analysis and 12 case studies of nonpublic education in Louisiana. The eight chapters are organized into two major…

This report presents regional statistics on Catholic schools, provides a State-by-State summary of legislation that grants aid to nonpublic schools, and discusses the current status of such legislation in light of authoritative opinions and court rulings. Particular programs such as transportation, textbooks, and vocational-technical training are…

The purpose of the research is to extract as many common factors as possible which are associated with resistance to change. Two peoples are selected for study, the Navajo Indians and the Trappist monks, both of which are rural and have an extensive history spanning at least several centuries, but which differ radically otherwise. The 2 major…

A discussion of the role of American Catholic colleges and universities includes the following topics: variety and number of schools, service to society and the church, theological studies, the worshipping community, survival of Catholic schools, public support, Catholicity of the schools, and the relationship with the Church. (SW)

Secularization and pluralism exist in Catholic universities today. There is no dominant Catholic philosophical tradition. Other philosophies, including neothomism and Christian existentialism, are discussed. The nature of the problem in Catholic philosophy departments and the task to overcome the situation at undergraduate and graduate levels are…

At Montclair State College, New Jersey, the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children is designing a curriculum in philosophy for children from grades K-12, as well as conducting experimental research to show that the study of philosophy can make a qualitative difference in children's reasoning, reading comprehension and…

Examines the recent development of Catholic colleges and their problems as social change has worn at their educational philosophy. Evaluates the response to change followed by some of these colleges and how they have fared in recent days. (RK)

The current focus in education is on the individual's right to expect results from the educational system and for accountability from educational personnel. Discusses the need for individual student diagnosis with some related learning prescriptions. (Author/RK)