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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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Faithful Presence: A Conceptual Model for Catholic Higher Education
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Rymarz, Richard – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2011
This paper proposes a new model for Catholic educational institutions in secular culture. This model is premised on the reality that secular cultures place considerable challenges before religiously-affiliated colleges and universities. Following Hunter's concept of cultural change, this paper proposes that the best way for religious institutions…
Descriptors: Catholics, Religious Education, Church Related Colleges, Social Structure
Who Is Coming to Class Today? The Challenge of an Emerging Catholic Evangelical Student Identity for Catholic Colleges and Universities
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Rymarz, Richard – Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 2008
This paper begins with a typological discussion of students at Catholic colleges and universities. It focuses on those students who express a strong Catholic identity, recognizing that such students are a minority. The discussion describes this group as a manifestation of a more evangelical Catholicism and traces this development to changes in the…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, College Students, Catholics