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Collegiate Institute Defends Belief That Ultimate Truths Can Be Known
BY William Murray
August 30-September 5, 1998 Issue 
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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