Building Catholic Higher Education: Unofficial Reflections from the University of Notre Dame

American Catholic universities and colleges are wrestling today with how to develop in ways that faithfully serve their mission in Catholic higher education without either secularizing or becoming sectarian. Major challenges are faced when trying to simultaneously build and sustain excellence in undergraduate teaching, strengthen faculty research and publishing, and deepen the authentically Catholic character of education. This book uses the particular case of the University of Notre Dame to raise larger issues, to make substantive proposals, and thus to contribute to a national conversation affecting all Catholic universities and colleges in the United States (and perhaps beyond) today. Its arguments focus particularly on challenging questions around the recruitment, hiring, and formation of faculty in Catholic universities and colleges.

Author: Christian Smith, John C. Cavadini
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 07/29/2014
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781625642523
ISBN10: 1625642520
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | Catholic | General
- Education | Schools | Levels | Higher

About the Author
Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame.

John C. Cavadini is Professor of Theology, former Chair of the Department of Theology, and Director of the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.