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50 Years of ERIC
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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Institutionalizing Catholic Identity
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Heft, James L. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2012
The organizers of the conference on Renewing Mission and Identity in Business Education invited me to offer a description of the efforts made at the University of Dayton to institutionalize its Catholic identity. Until 2006, when I left Dayton to begin leading full-time the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Institutional Mission, Catholics, Church Related Colleges
Campus Ministry and Academics
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Heft, James L. – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2008
Divided into three parts, this article first describes the impact that historical and sociological factors, especially the weakening of the Catholic subculture and the recent development of "emerging adulthood", have on Catholic colleges and universities. The second part is a discussion of the typical approaches--both strengths and weaknesses--of…
Descriptors: Clergy, Catholics, Young Adults, Educational Change