The role of Catholicism in American higher education is addressed in this collection of papers. The historical tradition of the Catholic university is discussed as well as the problems they must face. Issues examined include: political and financial concerns of church-related colleges and universities, the role of the university in higher education, and the role of the Catholic colleges and universities. The governance of Catholic institutions, their relationship to the church hierarchy, and planning for the future are also considered. Included are: Toward a True University, Truly Catholic (Edmund D. Pellegrino); Toward a Theology of Learning (Thomas Trotter); The University and Change in the Catholic World (Sargent Shriver); Homily for a Baccalaureate Ceremony (John Tracy Ellis); The Catholic College: A Question of Identity (Xavier G. Colavechio); The Emerging Guardianship of American Catholic Higher Education (Martin J. Stamm); Institutional Vitality, Up Against the Eighties (James A. Ebben); and The NEH Christian Humanism Project at Saint John's Collegeville (R. W. Franklin). (SF)