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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Kennelly, Karen M. – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 2002
Offers an historical overview and analysis of Catholic women's colleges, including their faculty and curriculum, asserting that the distinctive history and mission of these colleges give them a unique capacity to bring future generations the finest Catholic higher education has to offer. (EV)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, College Curriculum, History
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Peters, Jan – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 2002
Discusses student exchange programs, collaboration in research, and the use of modern information and communication technology as responses to globalization, considering the needs and aspirations of the constituency of the International Federation of Catholic Universities. (EV)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Higher Education, Information Technology
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Danneels, Godfried – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 2001
Explores the nature and mission of the Catholic university, addressing a wide range of topics, including the search for truth, the full depth of humanity, institutional autonomy, harmonization of knowledge, ties to the church, cross-cultural dialogue, evangelization, academic freedom, pluralism, the Catholic sensibility, and leadership. (EV)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, College Role, Institutional Mission
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Wilson, Charles H. – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 2001
Discusses legal implications of "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" and the Particular Norms issued by U.S. bishops. Addresses: (1) legal autonomy of Catholic colleges and universities; (2) changes resulting from adoption of "Ex Corde Ecclesiae"; (3) civil court challenges to the "mandatum" requirement; (4) other potential court challenges; (5) "Ex Corde…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Civil Law, Compliance (Legal)
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Heft, James L.; Katsuyama, Ronald M.; Pestello, Fred P. – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 2001
The second part of a two-part study, examined attitudes of faculty at Catholic colleges toward various aspects of their institutions, including hiring for mission, and compared them to what administrators had reported about hiring criteria. Found that with a few exceptions, administrators' mission-related hiring concerns are not related to faculty…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, College Faculty, Institutional Mission
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Pittau, Giuseppe – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 2000
The Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education of the Holy See considers the role of Catholic colleges and universities in the 21st century in light of "Ex Corde Ecclesiae, An Application to the United States," of the United States Bishops' Conference, which addresses Catholic identity of colleges and universities, communion, the role of…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Church Role, College Role
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Schwehn, Mark R. – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 2000
The author, a dean at Valpariso University in Indiana (affiliated with the Lutheran church), addresses a Catholic conference on higher education. He identifies and discusses basic constitutive beliefs of Catholic and Protestant Christian education, including unity of the cosmos, universality of human nature and divine love, and the integral…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Christianity, Church Related Colleges, Higher Education
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Vale, Carol Jean – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 2000
Explores the relationship between discipleship and citizenship, discussing ways Catholic educators can teach their students to be faithful to their Catholic ideals as they exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Service learning provides a means for integrating head and heart for students while working in a real world context.…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Citizenship Education, Higher Education, Religious Education
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Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 1984
Papers from special seminars and the 1984 annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) are presented. Issues pertaining to sponsorship of a college or university, and specifically sponsorship by a religious body, are addressed in seven articles. Considerations that may be common to all types of institutional…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Church Role, College Administration
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Gallin, Alice, Ed. – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 1985
Influences and issues concerning Catholic higher education are considered in seven papers, five of which were presented at the 1985 annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. In "Partnership in a New Key," David J. O'Brien considers the new sectarianism in American Catholic higher education and an alternative to this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Church Role