Almost No Generalizations: Reflections on Catholic Studies

Autor/in	Heft, James L.
Titel	Almost No Generalizations: Reflections on Catholic Studies
Quelle	In: Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 12 (2009) 3, S.368-383 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1097-9638
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Catholic Schools; Church Related Colleges; Differences; Catholics; Intellectual Disciplines; Scholarship; Interdisciplinary Approach; Institutional Mission; Theological Education; Folk Culture; Sustainability; Criticism; Cognitive Processes; Beliefs; Intellectual Development; Educational Trends; Moral Development; College Students; Persuasive Discourse; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Katholische Schule; Kirchliche Hochschule; Unterscheiden; Katholik; Geisteswissenschaften; Scholarships; Stipendium; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Nachhaltigkeit; Kritik; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Belief; Glaube; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Bildungsentwicklung; Moralische Entwicklung; Collegestudent; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; USA
Abstract	There are good reasons to be very careful about generalizations about Catholic higher education in the United States. Recall that the 220 or so Catholic colleges and universities are of very different kinds, very different sizes, with different student bodies, and are located in different parts of a country that sometimes have quite different cultures. One of the more interesting developments in recent years has been the appearance of Catholic Studies Programs (CSPs). A number of Catholic colleges and universities have highly publicized these programs, and tried with varying success to make them vehicles for the transmission of the mission and identity of their institution. Commentaries on these programs often reflect the ongoing debates about the larger question of the mission and identity of Catholic universities and colleges. The quality of the debate about CSPs on a specific campus often indicates the depth of understanding that faculty and administrators of that institution have of their overall mission and identity. This article begins with a look at CSPs, and concludes with some personal reflections on the larger questions related to the mission and identity of Catholic higher education in the United States today. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Boston College. Roche Center for Catholic Education, 25 Lawrence Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Tel: 617-552-0701; Fax: 617-552-0579; e-mail: journal@bc.edu; Web site: http://www.bc.edu/catholicedjournal
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10