Roman Catholicism, United States Studies, General Christianity, Educational Levels & Settings, Social & Cultural History
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Overview
Professor Leahy recounts the academic tensions between religious beliefs and intellectual inquiry, and explore the social changes that have affected higher education and American Catholicism throughout this century. He attempts to explain why the significant growth of Catholic colleges and universities was not always matched by concomitant academic esteem in the larger world of American higher education.
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Booknews
Contains the proceedings of the Ada-Europe International Conference, held in Madrid, June 1989. Papers address design methods within Ada, and how they may need to be augmented with additional methods and tools. No index. Explores how the Catholic community, and especially Catholic institutions of higher education, have dealt with the overwhelmingly protestant, and rapidly growing secular ideology underlying US society. The topics include academic standards and objectivity, co- education, and comparisons with protestant and Jewish institutions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
January 28, 1991
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c1991.
Pages
187
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780878405053