scholarly journals Assessing Catholic Identity: A Study of Mission Statements of Catholic Colleges and Universities

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra M Estanek ◽  
Michael James ◽  
Daniel Norton
Keyword(s):  
Mission Statements ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Catholic Identity ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Catholic Colleges And Universities

scholarly journals Theorizing a Catholic Hispanic-Serving Institution (C-HSI) Identity Through Latinx Theological Lenses of Lo Cotidiano and Traditioning

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-42
Author(s):  
Gina A. Garcia ◽  
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John DeCostanza Jr. ◽  
Jaqueline Romo ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Catholic Identity ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institution ◽  
Catholic Colleges And Universities ◽  
Hispanic Serving

As the students entering U.S. colleges and universities become increasingly diverse, the number of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI's) continues to increase. Catholic colleges and universities, similarly, are seeing an increase in student diversity on campus, with an emergence of Catholic HSIs as well. As the number of Catholic colleges and universities in the United States that are HSI-eligible increases they must grapple with what it means to be both Catholic and Hispanic-serving. The purpose of this article is to propose a U.S. Catholic HSI (C- HSI) identity that brings together the extensive literatures on Catholic identity and HSI identity through the lens of decolonial theory and Latinx theologies. We argue that in order to effectively serve students of color who have intersectional identities, Catholic HSIs must intentionally recognize the ways of knowing (epistemologies) and being of these groups, which includes a collective understanding of the theo-political, social, historical, and economic forces that have subjugated them since before the founding of the present day United States and long before the founding of the first Catholic institution in the country. Building off the Catholic Identity and Mission Models (CIMA) currently used by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities to assess mission integration, we propose a C-HSI model.

Does Service and Volunteering Affect Catholic Identity?

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-122
Author(s):  
Andrew Herr ◽  
Jason King ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Catholic Identity ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Catholic Colleges And Universities ◽  
Link Service

While many believe that service should be connected to the religious identity of Catholic colleges and universities, little research has been done to see if this is in fact the case. To test this commonly-held belief, we surveyed students at and gathered information about twenty-six different Catholic campuses in the United States. We find no correlation between students’ frequency of service and their perception of Catholic identity. In addition, we find that students perceive their school to be less Catholic the more institutions link service to Catholicism. The only characteristic of service that is positively correlated with Catholic identity is the percentage of service learning courses offered. In other words, students do not see anything intrinsically Catholic about volunteering, but rather that Catholicism means that you should volunteer more. We believe this suggests how Catholic colleges and universities can link service to their Catholic identity.

scholarly journals Defining Catholic Higher Education in Positive Terms

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Catholic Identity ◽  
Catholic Higher Education ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Catholic Colleges And Universities ◽  
Catholic History

Debates about Catholic higher education in the United States sometimes focus too much on what Catholic colleges and universities should not do, rather than what they should do. This article attempts to reframe those debates away from the negative expressions of Catholic identity (i.e., denying guests a right to speak on campus based on their stance on abortion) and toward more positive expressions, like promoting scholarship on Catholic history, culture, and theology. It reviews some key academic literature that approaches Catholic identity from this positive, proactive perspective, and attempts to categorize that literature into common, identifiable themes.

The Employee as a Human Resource

2021 ◽  
pp. 920-932
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Porth ◽  
John J. McCall
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Business Faculty ◽  
Catholic Social Thought ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Catholic Colleges And Universities ◽  
Contemporary Management

In this chapter, the authors offer advice to business faculty at Catholic colleges and universities about how a robust and realistic conception of the human person can inform their teaching. This research can support faculty of mission-driven schools of business as they seek to operationalize the implications of the religious affiliation of their institutions. The authors begin by sketching the evolution of management theory over the last century and how theory has changed to represent a fuller and more accurate account of the nature of persons in organizations. They show how the consistent prescriptions of more than a century of Catholic social thought (CST) parallel those now offered by management scholarship. The authors note, however, that though the content of the advice coming from these respective traditions of thought has converged, the grounds of that advice continue to differ in important ways. They conclude by recommending that business faculty embrace and adopt the conception of the person now largely shared between CST and contemporary management theory.

scholarly journals Taking the Check or Checking the Take

Elements ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Aaron Salzman
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Ex Corde Ecclesiae ◽  
Catholic College ◽  
College And University ◽  
Catholic Colleges And Universities ◽  
American Catholic

This essay studies the endowments of modern American colleges and universities. It examines the norms that govern the activities that affect the size of the endowment, specifically spending, acceptance of donations, and investment of endowment funds. The norms regulating the latter two are found to be insufficient, as is evidenced by their inconsistent application. However, American catholic colleges and universities apply the norms regulating investments more consistently than other schools. Catholic colleges' and universities' Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) practices are found to be rooted in the catholic church's official teaching on catholic universities as found in ex corde ecclesiae and the catechism of the catholic church. These documents suggest the need to develop, codify and apply even more rigorous norms governing the acceptance of donations and investment of endowment funds at every American catholic college and university. 

The Employee as a Human Resource

2019 ◽  
pp. 207-219
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Porth ◽  
John J. McCall
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Business Faculty ◽  
Catholic Social Thought ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Catholic Colleges And Universities ◽  
Contemporary Management

In this chapter, the authors offer advice to business faculty at Catholic colleges and universities about how a robust and realistic conception of the human person can inform their teaching. This research can support faculty of mission-driven schools of business as they seek to operationalize the implications of the religious affiliation of their institutions. The authors begin by sketching the evolution of management theory over the last century and how theory has changed to represent a fuller and more accurate account of the nature of persons in organizations. They show how the consistent prescriptions of more than a century of Catholic social thought (CST) parallel those now offered by management scholarship. The authors note, however, that though the content of the advice coming from these respective traditions of thought has converged, the grounds of that advice continue to differ in important ways. They conclude by recommending that business faculty embrace and adopt the conception of the person now largely shared between CST and contemporary management theory.

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