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Collegiate Institute Defends Belief That Ultimate Truths Can Be Known

BY William Murray

August 30-September 5, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

The ISI works to counter relativism on campuses across the country

A conservative, non-sectarian organization is working with leading Catholic thinkers, among others, to spread traditional liberal arts ideals on college campuses.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc. (ISI) promotes John Henry... READ MORE


Education Issues a Priority for Voters in Upcoming Election

BY William Murray

But poll demonstrates that 'school choice' advocates still face uphill struggle

August 23-29, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

The emergence of education as a leading issue in the November elections may be a mixed blessing for those who support enabling parents to use their tax money to send their children to the school of theirchoice. A poll by The Washington Post and ABC News showed that improving education was the... READ MORE


Ave Maria Institute Joins Growing Group of Small Catholic Colleges

BY Diane Hanson

Michigan-based college looks to Cardinal Newman's vision of a proper liberal arts education

August 16-22, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

There is a new institute of higher learning in the bustling college town of Ypsilanti, Mich. Nestled in the shadow of Eastern Michigan University are a couple of old public school buildings that will open their doors in September as Ave Maria Institute, a new Catholic liberal arts college.

“We will... READ MORE


Vouchers Needn’t Make Private Schools Subject to Government’s Agenda

BY William Bentley Ball

August 09-15, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

The National Education Association and other forces opposing a free market in education continue to attack school choice as though it were a mortal threat to the nation. A key argument they make is one that unfortunately is also embraced by some sincere and ardent conservatives. A good example is... READ MORE


Proliferation of The ‘School of Resentment’

BY Candace de Russy

Can American universities be rescued from the poststructuralists and multiculturalists?

July 12, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

For centuries, universities flourished throughout the civilized world, their work grounded in a view of learning as a disciplined habit of mind brought to perfection through the reading of great, enduring texts.

A classical, realistic, and hierarchically ordered model of learning prevailed, rooted... READ MORE


For Theologian, Taking Oath Was a Moment of Grace and Freedom

BY Stephen Miletic

July 5-11, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

In 1983, the Church promulgated a completely revised edition of The Code of Canon Law. It specified several requirements for Catholic universities. In particular, canon 812 has been the subject of much concern. It reads: “It is necessary that those who teach theological disciplines in any institute... READ MORE


It Takes Not a Village, But a Mother

BY Ellen Wilson Fielding

July 5-11, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

The spring 1998 issue of Human Life Review carries Maria McFadden's look at the tension between parents and experts regarding the day care issue.

McFadden describes “studies that link early full-time day care with psychological, social, and behavioral problems: children become less attached to... READ MORE


On Some Campuses, Students Making Pope’s Ideal University a Reality

BY Mo Fung

With visiting bishops, John Paul II returns to a favorite theme: key role of Catholic higher education

June 21-27, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

Throughout his pontificate, Pope John Paul II has methodically sought to renew and revitalize every aspect of the Church's life. Catholic education — more specifically Catholic higher education — has been among the most important of these. The Pontiff has continually addressed the need for Catholic... READ MORE


ATiny World of Big Ideas in Texas

BY ELLEN ROSSINI

College of St. Thomas More is set on educating students-not to get a job-but for life

June 14-20, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

FORTWORTH—Looking the part of an Oxford don, his black academic robes fingered delicately by a breeze, Dr. James Patrick recently stopped an informal tour to chide two young teens in parochial school uniforms: “These are my useless students,” he says, gazing down with a paternal smile. The girls... READ MORE


Restoring Catholic Character, One Step at a Time

BY Kenneth Whitehead

May 31-June 6, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

Universities must begin coming into the new era of Ex Corde Ecclesiae

The ultimate goal for all colleges and universities that truly wish to be Catholic institutions cannot be anything else but the full implementation of Pope John Paul II's 1990 apostolic constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae (From the... READ MORE


Transition to Secular Mind-Set on Campuses Evolved Over Years

BY James Hitchcock

Pragmatic reasons, more than skepticism about faith, contributed to the change in the character of U.S. universities

May 3-9, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

The cultural movement called the Renaissance was in part an academic quarrel between scholastics, who believed that only systematic logic could lead to truth, and humanists, who favored literary and historical studies. Most universities eventually expanded their curricula to include humanistic... READ MORE


The Bigotry Of Blaine Amendments

April 12-18, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

The ongoing controversy over school choice began more than 100 years ago with an amendment to prohibit public aid to religious schools

In his autobiography, Henry Adams said, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.’ This is true for teachers, and usually on a far... READ MORE


Raising Kids: It Takes An Association

BY William Murray

In nation's capital, parents' council offers an invaluable resource

April 05-11, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

If being a parent in the 1990s is a tough assignment, an organization in the nation's capital is trying to make the work a little easier.

The Parents' Council of Washington is an education association for 28,000 parents and helps them to connect with each other and trade tips about raising their... READ MORE


Raising Kids: It Takes An Association

BY William Murray

In nation's capital, parents' council offers an invaluable resource

April 05-11, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

If being a parent in the 1990s is a tough assignment, an organization in the nation's capital is trying to make the work a little easier.

The Parents' Council of Washington is an education association for 28,000 parents and helps them to connect with each other and trade tips about raising their... READ MORE


Revisiting the Master Conservative

BY Edward Peters

Book Marks

March 22-28, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

Rights and Duties: Reflections on our Conservative Constitution by Russell Kirk, edited by Mitchell Muncy

(Spence Publishing, 1997, 286 pp., $27.95)

Russell Kirk appeared on the American intellectual scene in 1953 with the publication of The Conservative Mind. That book, unsurpassed as the seminal... READ MORE


In Some College Classrooms, a Potent Dose Of Catholic Social Teaching Awaits Students

BY Catherine Odell

Church's rich tradition has a lot to say about good business management, fair wages, job discrimination, etc.

March 22-28, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

Though Catholic social teaching is gaining new audiences among the laity and even among non-Catholics, most college students on the nation's 241 Catholic campuses still have only limited exposure to it. They have little opportunity to learn about and apply the rich and ancient tradition of the... READ MORE


When All Hell Broke Loose in Canada

BY Raymond De Souza

March 22-28, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

1967: The Last Good Year by Pierre Berton

(Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1997, 391 pp., $36.95)

In July 1967, Gen. Charles de Gaulle stood on the balcony of the Montreal City Hall and said what the separatist crowd below wanted to hear: Vive, le Québec libre! (Long live a free Quebec.) In December 1967,... READ MORE


Missing the Message of Ex Corde Ecclesiae

BY Alfred Freddoso

March 15-21, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

The heated debate about the Pope's apostolic constitution on Catholic universities has led many to forget about its inspired idea of a community of scholars, learners, and staff united in pursuit of truth

Each fall I teach an undergraduate course at Notre Dame called Faith and Reason in which the... READ MORE


Answering the Critics

BY Kenneth D. Whitehead

Last in a three-part series

March 8-14, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

A National Conference of Catholic Bishops' (NCCB) subcommittee chaired by Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua of Philadelphia is currently developing an implementation plan for Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Pope John Paul II's 1990 apostolic constitution on Catholic universities.

Last week, in part two of the... READ MORE


‘In Theology, Objectivity is a Coin with Two Sides’

BY Dennis Poust

A prominent Fordham University professor finds positives and pitfalls in the theology programs that proliferated in the United States after Vatican II

February 15-21, 1998 Issue For Subscribers Only

The widespread establishment of theology departments and graduate programs in theology by Catholic universities since the mid-1960s has carried with it some negative consequences, according to a prominent Jesuit theologian.

Jesuit Father Joseph Lienhard, professor of theology at Fordham University... READ MORE


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