Center LeadershipDavid B. House, Ph.D.Senior Fellow & Executive Director______________________Center Advisory BoardWilliam H. Dempsey, Esq.President, Project Sycamore; former President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Railroads John P. Hittinger, Ph.D.Professor of Philosophy, Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (Houston)Rev. Leonard A. Kennedy, C.S.B., Ph.D.Former President, Assumption College of the University of Windsor, and St. Thomas More College of the University of Saskatchewan, Canada Rev. Joseph Koterski, S.J., Ph.D.Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University Msgr. Stuart W. Swetland, S.T.D.Vice President for Catholic Identity and Mission, Mount St. Mary’s University Hon. Kenneth D. WhiteheadFormer Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education; author
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Studies in Catholic Higher EducationThe Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and CommunityDecember 2009 -- Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D.Ex Corde Ecclesiae: Echoes of Newman's The Idea of a UniversityNovember 2009 -- Rev. Peter M. J. StravinskasConsidering Catholic Honors and PlatformsOctober 2009 -- Patrick J. ReillyContraceptive Mandates and Immoral CooperationOctober 2009 -- Marie T. Hilliard, JCL, Ph.D., R.N.Crafting Employee Health Plans for Catholic InstitutionsOctober 2009 -- Dean BurriImplications of Mandatory Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives for Catholic Colleges and UniversitiesOctober 2009 -- The Becket Fund for Religious LibertyNewman's University in Today's American CultureFebruary 2009 -- Rev. C. John McCloskey III, STDCollege Affordability and Catholic IdentityFebruary 2009 -- Andrew Gillen, Ph.D.Newman on EducationDecember 2008 – Rev. Ian Ker, Ph.D., Oxford University
Behaviors and Beliefs of Current and Recent Students at U.S. Catholic CollegesOctober 2008 – Steven Wagner, QEV Analytics
A Rekindling of the Light: The Past, Present, and Future of a Catholic Core CurriculumSeptember 2008 – R.E. Houser, Ph. D., University of St. ThomasThe Enduring Nature of the Catholic UniversityCommemorating the Anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's Address to Catholic Educators on April 17, 2008
The Bulletin of Catholic Higher Education
October 2008 (Vol. 1, Num. 1)Feature Articles by Cardinal George Pell and Dr. Alice von HildebrandFrom the Center SpotlightSummer Institute of Catholic Social ThoughtJune 1-5, 2009Christifideles Laici and the Catholic UniversityDecember 2008 – John P. Hittinger, Ph.D.World Youth Day Blog From SydneyJuly 2008 – Katherine Thomas
Newman's Idea of a University: Still Relevant to Catholic Higher EducationNovember 2001 – Avery Cardinal Dulles
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Academic Freedom in Catholic Higher EducationApril 2008 – Heritage Foundation
Papal Visit Publications
Reflections on Pope Benedict XVI's Address to Catholic EducatorsMay 2008
Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic Higher EducationApril 2008
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